Acting · Directing · Writing · age 67

Lee Daniels

Best rated: Precious (7.3)

Films: 6
Avg rating: 6.18
Peak run: 2005’21
Oscar noms: 1

Films: 6
Avg rating: 6.18
Peak run: 2005’21
Oscar noms: 1

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The career

Lee Daniels, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak era

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20056 films2024

Current formLast 5: 6.32 vs career 6.18 (+0.14)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Lee by the numbers

Average

6.18

6 rated films

Vote weighted

6.25

bigger films count more

Median

6.0

half are better

Consistency

±0.91

rating spread

Career

20y

2005 to 2024

Total votes

338K

across every film

Best

7.3

Precious

Worst

5.1

The Deliverance

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

2004	Agnes and His Brothers	Henry Preminger	6.6	1,858

Better together?

Lee Daniels's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Lee Daniels

2 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Picture · Academy Awards 2010
Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
Nominated
Best Director · Academy Awards 2010
Lee Daniels
Nominated

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