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Lee Daniels

Lee Daniels

Directing: 2005 — present · 6 films
Born: 24 December 1959 · age 66
From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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

Acting: 2005 — present · 2 films
Born: 24 December 1959 · age 66
From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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

Career Signature

How Lee Daniels’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

heavy emotional

emotionally devastating

family dynamics

operatic emotion

slow unraveling

Tonal kin

Irwin Winkler

Irwin Winkler7 films

Alan Parker

Alan Parker13 films

Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan9 films

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Vidhu Vinod Chopra4 films

Scott Cooper

Scott Cooper7 films

Richard Brooks

Richard Brooks16 films

Vicente Amorim

Vicente Amorim5 films

Roland Joffé

Roland Joffé9 films

Career Signature

How Lee Daniels’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

documentary style

conversation starter

investigation spiral

procedural detail

intellectual puzzle