Cinqué Lee
Cinqué Lee | |
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| Born | July 4, 1966 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, filmmaker |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Parent | Bill Lee |
| Relatives | Spike Lee (brother) David Lee (brother) Joie Lee (sister) Malcolm D. Lee (cousin) |
Cinqué Lee (born July 4, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the younger brother of filmmaker Spike Lee.
Acting
[edit]Lee has worked in a number of different positions in his older brother's films, as a camera operator, video archivist, and most notably as a co-screenwriter in Crooklyn (1994). He also had small roles in School Daze (1988) and Oldboy (2013). As an actor, he appeared in the Jim Jarmusch-directed films Mystery Train (1989) and Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), and a number of other independent films.[1]
Filmography
[edit]Lee is also a filmmaker himself, directing, producing and writing the following films: Window on Your Present (1988),[2][3] Nowhere Fast (1997), Sink Like a Stone (2000), UR4 Given (2004), and Burn Out the Day (2010, co-directed with Sean Bohary).[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cinqué Breaks the Lee Mould", interview with Cinqué Lee | The Jim Jarmusch Resource Page". Jim-jarmusch.net. May 23, 2004. Archived from the original on April 17, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ WINDOW ON YOUR PRESENT – Spectacle Theater
- ^ Window on Your Present – Brink Vision
- ^ "Cinqué Lee much more than just Spike Lee's brother". Trashwire. January 10, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ "Meet Cinque Lee (Spike's Younger Brother), Writer/Director Of 4 Feature Films You Likely Haven't Seen | Shadow and Act". Blogs.indiewire.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- Male actors from Brooklyn
- African-American male actors
- African-American film directors
- African-American film producers
- African-American screenwriters
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- American male film actors
- Film producers from New York (state)
- American male screenwriters
- Filmmakers from Brooklyn
- Lee family (show business)
- Film directors from New York City
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American people
- African-American male writers