“My earliest experience was reading Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' at 8, you know, with a bunch of kids on my steps - on the stoops - and knowing that I wanted to direct them saying the lines. I don't really know how to articulate that 'cause there wasn't someone to show me.”

American filmmaker

Lee Daniels is an American filmmaker. He made his feature directorial debut with Shadowboxer in 2005. He later directed Precious, which brought him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Picture. Daniels went on to direct The Paperboy, The Butler, The United States vs. Billie Holiday, and The Deliverance. He has also produced films including Monster's Ball, The Woodsman, Tennessee, Pimp, and Concrete Cowboy.