| Director: | Joseph Sargent |
| Starring: | Don Cheadle Cicely Tyson Mekhi Phifer Irma P. Hall Brent Jennings |
| Theme Music Composer: | Ernest Troost |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Cinematography: | Donald M. Morgan |
| Editor: | Michael Brown |
| Runtime: | 105 minutes |
| Company: | Ellen M. Krass Productions HBO NYC Productions Spanky Pictures |
| Network: | HBO |
A Lesson Before Dying is a 1999 American made-for-television drama film adapted from the 1993 Ernest J. Gaines novel of the same name. It won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie[1] and a Peabody Award.