Lee Daniels, President and CEO of Lee Daniels Entertainment, began his career in entertainment as a casting director and manager. He initially started out as a music video casting director for Prince and continued his work with the artist as Associate Casting Director for the films “Under the Cherry Moon” and “Purple Rain.” Since the launch of Lee Daniels Entertainment in 1984, Daniels has managed a roster of A-list talent that included Nastassja Kinski and Academy Award nominees and winners such as Morgan Freeman, Hilary Swank, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Marianne Jean Baptiste.
In 2002, Daniels was the recipient of the Urbanworld MECCA Visionary Award (Minority Entertainment for the Cinematic and Creative Arts) and the Blockbuster Filmmaker Award from Minorities in Business magazine. He has produced a number of box office successes, including “Monster?s Ball” and “The Woodsman,” and made his directorial debut in 2006, with the acclaimed “Shadowboxer.”
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