Cinqué Lee Explained

Cinqué Lee
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York, United States
Occupation:Actor, filmmaker
Years Active:1986–present
Parents: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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cinqué Breaks the Lee Mould", interview with Cinqué Lee | The Jim Jarmusch Resource Page . Jim-jarmusch.net . May 23, 2004 . March 20, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120417155903/http://www.jim-jarmusch.net/films/coffee_and_cigarettes/read_about_it/cinque_breaks_the_lee_mould.html . April 17, 2012 . dead .
  2. Web site: Cinqué Lee much more than just Spike Lee's brother . Trashwire . January 10, 2012 . March 20, 2013.
  3. Web site: Meet Cinque Lee (Spike's Younger Brother), Writer/Director Of 4 Feature Films You Likely Haven't Seen | Shadow and Act . Blogs.indiewire.com . March 20, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120113054159/http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/6713e4f0-3bd7-11e1-97b6-123138165f92 . January 13, 2012 . dead .