Lee Daniels
Lee Daniels (Lee Daniels), born on December 24, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, is an American director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.
In 2001, he served as the producer of the romance movie " Monster's Ball "
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. In 2004, the drama film " The Woodsman " produced by him was released
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. In 2006, directed his first movie " Shadowboxer "
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. In 2009, he directed the feature film " Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire "
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, which won the 34th Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award for Best Feature Film
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, and he was nominated for the 82nd edition with this film Oscar Award for Best Director
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. In 2012, he wrote and directed the thriller film " The Paperboy "
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, which was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 65th Cannes Film Festival
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. In 2013, the biographical film " The Butler " directed by him was released
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. In 2015, directed the TV series " Empire Season 1 "
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. In 2017, directed the drama film "Mother and Daughter Love"
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. In 2019, he served as the screenwriter of the comedy film "Untitled #MeToo Project". On February 26, 2021, the biographical film " The United States vs. Billie Holiday " directed by him was released
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Personal Life
Lee Daniels is a gay who came out publicly
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Character Evaluation
Most of the movies made and shot by Lee Daniels feature black people as the protagonists, which may have formed his style
. He firmly believes in the concept of "every feeling and every role is me". He does not arrange for the actors to rehearse when filming, but uses a direct performance method. He does not believe that the shooting after rehearsal will definitely have more outstanding results. When shooting a movie, Lee Daniels will first arrange the actors to adapt to the environment of the shooting scene, and then determine the actors' performance methods and basic criteria according to different roles. He usually becomes friends with the actors before shooting a movie, and then tells the story as a friend, tells his own fears or inner dreams, etc., communicating with the actors in this way will make the actors relax as soon as possible Come down and put into work well: he will gradually follow the process of the script to transfer the topics they discussed before to religion, popular elements and other aspects related to the script .
