Cast & creator
Lee Daniels
Best known for Late Night with Seth Meyers, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Sherri
Lee Daniels (born December 24, 1959) is an American film and television director, writer and producer.
Also known as: Lee Louis Daniels
34
film credits
20
television credits
18
1984–2025 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (54)
Showing 54 of 54 credits
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
BoJack Horseman
Flea Daniels (voice)
2014
Empire
Self
2015Empire
Director
2015Empire
Writer
2015Empire
Executive Producer
2015Empire
Creator
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Star
Video Director
2016Star
Executive Producer
2016Star
Director
2016Star
Writer
2016Star
Creator
2016
The Wonder Years
Executive Producer
2021
The Ms. Pat Show
Executive Producer
2021
Indie Sex
Self
2007
The Deliverance
Director
2024The Deliverance
Producer
2024
The Butler
Producer
2013The Butler
Director
2013
JANET JACKSON.
Self
2022
Monster's Ball
Producer
2001
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Director
2009Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Producer
2009
The Paperboy
Bartender
2012The Paperboy
Screenplay
2012The Paperboy
Producer
2012The Paperboy
Director
2012
Our Kind of People
Executive Producer
2021
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Producer
2021The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Director
2021
Purple Rain
Casting Assistant
1984
Pimp
Executive Producer
2018
Concrete Cowboy
Producer
2020
The Woodsman
Producer
2004
Agnes and His Brothers
Henry Preminger
2004
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Self
2016
The Reading
Executive Producer
2023
Shadowboxer
Man in Steam Room
2005Shadowboxer
Director
2005Shadowboxer
Producer
2005
The Truth About Jussie Smollett?
Self (archive footage)
2025The Black List: Volume Three
Self
2010
Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn
Self
2023My Family's Slave
Executive Producer
Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started
Casting
1986
A Little Off Mark
Steve
1986The United States vs. Billie Holiday Special: Lee Daniels and Cast Interviewed by Oprah Winfrey
Self
2021Stealth
Director
Tennessee
Producer
2008Terms of Endearment
Director
Terms of Endearment
Screenplay