Lee Daniels (born December 24, 1959) is an American film and television director, writer and producer.

Filmography

• 2024The Deliverance — Director, Producer
• 2023The Reading — Executive Producer
• Our Kind of People — Executive Producer
• The Ms. Pat Show — Executive Producer
• 2021The United States vs. Billie Holiday — Producer, Director
• The Wonder Years — Executive Producer
• 2020Concrete Cowboy — Producer
• 2018Pimp — Executive Producer
• Star — Video Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• Empire — Self, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
• BoJack Horseman — Flea Daniels (voice)
• 2013The Butler — Producer, Director
• 2012The Paperboy — Bartender, Screenplay, Producer, Director
• 2009Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire — Director, Producer
• 2008Tennessee — Producer
• 2005Shadowboxer — Man in Steam Room, Director, Producer
• 2004Agnes and His Brothers — Henry Preminger
• 2004The Woodsman — Producer
• 2001Monster's Ball — Producer
• 1986A Little Off Mark — Steve
• 1986Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started — Casting
• 1984Purple Rain — Casting Assistant
• My Family's Slave — Executive Producer
• Stealth — Director
• Terms of Endearment — Director, Screenplay

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2025The Truth About Jussie Smollett? — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn — Self
• JANET JACKSON. — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• 2021The United States vs. Billie Holiday Special: Lee Daniels and Cast Interviewed by Oprah Winfrey — Self
• 2016Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• 2010The Black List: Volume Three — Self
• Indie Sex — Self