Cinqué Lee | |
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Born | July 1966 (age 58) Brooklyn, New York, United States |
Occupation(s) | Actor, filmmaker |
Years active | 1986–present |
Parent(s) | Bill Lee Jacqueline Carroll (née Shelton) |
Relatives | Joie Lee (sister) Spike Lee (brother) David Lee (brother) Malcolm D. Lee (cousin) |
Cinqué Lee (born July 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the younger brother of filmmaker Spike Lee. Lee has worked in number of different positions of his older brother's films, as a camera operator, video archivist and most notably as a co-screenwriter in the 1994 film Crooklyn. 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]
Lee is also a filmmaker himself, directing, producing and writing the films Nowhere Fast (1997), Sink Like a Stone (2000, short film), UR4 Given (2004), Window on Your Present (2010) and Burn Out the Day (2010, co-directed with Sean Bohary).[2][3]
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.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- Cinqué Lee at IMDb