Cinqué Lee
American actor and filmmaker (born 1966)
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::summary American actor and filmmaker (born 1966) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Cinqué Lee |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| occupation | Actor, filmmaker |
| years_active | 1986–present |
| parents | Bill Lee |
| relatives | Spike Lee (brother) |
| David Lee (brother) | |
| Joie Lee (sister) | |
| Malcolm D. Lee (cousin) | |
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Cinqué Lee (born July 4, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the younger brother of filmmaker Spike Lee.
Acting
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.
Filmography
Lee is also a filmmaker himself, directing, producing and writing the following films: Window on Your Present (1988), Nowhere Fast (1997), Sink Like a Stone (2000), UR4 Given (2004), and Burn Out the Day (2010, co-directed with Sean Bohary).
References
References
- (May 23, 2004). "Cinqué Breaks the Lee Mould", interview with Cinqué Lee | The Jim Jarmusch Resource Page". Jim-jarmusch.net.
- [https://www.spectacletheater.com/window-on-your-present/ WINDOW ON YOUR PRESENT – Spectacle Theater]
- [https://www.brinkvision.com/filmdetails/19/window-on-your-present Window on Your Present – Brink Vision]
- (January 10, 2012). "Cinqué Lee much more than just Spike Lee's brother". Trashwire.
- "Meet Cinque Lee (Spike's Younger Brother), Writer/Director Of 4 Feature Films You Likely Haven't Seen | Shadow and Act". Blogs.indiewire.com.
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