Kasi Lemmons
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 started her career with roles in commercials with McDonald's and Levi's. She made her film debut in Spike Lee's School Daze (1988). She continued acting in Vampire's Kiss (1989), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and Candyman (1992). Film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon described her as "an ongoing testament to the creative possibilities of film".
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Movies (36)
The Projectionist
2026 · Ramona
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Quiero Bailar con Alguien - La Historia de Whitney Houston
2022 · Director, Executive Producer
Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
2021 · Writer
Harriet
2019 · Director, Screenplay
Beauty
2018 · Executive Producer
Half the Picture
2018 · Self
Black Nativity
2013 · Director, Writer
Disconnect
2013 · Roberta Washington
Talk to Me
2007 · Director
Sin Salida
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
El Hombre de la Cueva
2001 · Director
Eve's Bayou
1997 · Writer, Director
'Til There Was You
1997 · Angenelle
Gridlock'd
1997 · Madonna
Dr. Hugo
1996 · Director, Writer
Zooman
1995 · Grace
Drop Squad
1994 · June Vanderpool
Override
1994 · Clerk
Fear of a Black Hat
1994 · Nina Blackburn
Hard Target
1993 · Det. Marie Mitchell
Candyman
1992 · Bernadette Walsh
Afterburn
1992 · Carol North
Before the Storm
1991 · Alex Robbins
The Five Heartbeats
1991 · Cookie
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Ardelia Mapp
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990 · Melanie Bryant
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990 · Rachel
Vampire's Kiss
1989 · Jackie
School Daze
1988 · Perry
The Gift of Amazing Grace
1986 · Subaya
11th Victim
1984 · Hostage
I Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home
· Thanks
TV shows (15)
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self
La toma perfecta
2022 · Self
Madam C. J. Walker: Una mujer hecha a sí misma
2020 · Executive Producer, Director
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018 · Self
Shots Fired
2017 · Director
Marvel - Luke Cage
2016 · Director
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
Finding Your Roots
2012 · Self
Sala de urgencias
1994 · Gamma Knife Tech
Walker, Comisario de Texas
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