Kasi Lemmons
Acting
Born: 1959-02-24 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Biography
Kasi Lemmons (/ˈkeɪsi/; born Karen Diane Lemmons, February 24, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She made her directorial debut with Eve's Bayou (1997), followed by The Caveman's Valentine (2001), Talk to Me (2007), Black Nativity (2013), Harriet (2019), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). She also directed the Netflix limited series Self Made (2020) and an episode of ABC's Women of the Movement (2022). She is also known as an actress, having st
🎬 Movies (30)
The Projectionist
2026
Ramona
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Self - (archive footage)
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022
Director
Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
2021
Writer
Harriet
2019
Director
Half the Picture
2018
Self
Beauty
2018
Executive Producer
Disconnect
2013
Roberta Washington
Black Nativity
2013
Director
Talk to Me
2007
Director
Waist Deep
2006
Angry Black Woman
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
2004
Self
Sisters in Cinema
2003
Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
Self
The Caveman's Valentine
2001
Director
Gridlock'd
1997
Madonna
'Til There Was You
1997
Angenelle
Eve's Bayou
1997
Writer
Dr. Hugo
1996
Director
Zooman
1995
Grace
Fear of a Black Hat
1994
Nina Blackburn
Drop Squad
1994
June Vanderpool
Override
1994
Clerk
Hard Target
1993
Det. Marie Mitchell
Candyman
1992
Bernadette Walsh
Afterburn
1992
Carol North
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
Ardelia Mapp
The Five Heartbeats
1991
Cookie
Before the Storm
1991
Alex Robbins
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990
Melanie Bryant
📺 TV Shows (15)
Hollywood Black
2024
Self
One Perfect Shot
2022
Self
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
2020
Director
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018
Self
Shots Fired
2017
Director
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
Director
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Self
Finding Your Roots
2012
Self
ER
1994
Gamma Knife Tech
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Diane Warren
A Man Called Hawk
1989
The Equalizer
1985
Zandili
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Paula Raynor
The Cosby Show
1984
Miss McKegney
Another World
1964