Kasi Lemmons
Kasi Lemmons (; 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). In 2007, film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon called her first three films "deeply resonant personal statements ... Lemmons's work is an ongoing testament to the creative possibilities of film."As an actress, her film debut was in Spike Lee's ''School Daze'' (1988). She continued acting in ''Vampire's Kiss'' (1989), ''The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991), and ''Candyman'' (1992). Provided by Wikipedia