Years active 1986–present Nieces Satchel Lee Parents Bill Lee, Jacquelyn Lee | Name Cinque Lee | |
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Born July 1966 (age 49) Brooklyn, New York, United States Occupation Actor, filmmaker, screenwriter Siblings Spike Lee, Joie Lee, David Lee, Arnold Lee, Chris Lee Grandparents Arnold Wadsworth Lee, Alberta Grace Lee, Zimmie Shelton Movies Coffee and Cigarettes, Mystery Train, Crooklyn, All the Invisible Children, Coffee and Cigarettes - Memphis Similar People | ||
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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), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) and number of other independent films.
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Lee is also 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).
Filmography
Director
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A Rare Grand Alignment (post-production)
2022
JAVELIN
2010
Burn Out the Day (co-director)
2010
Window on Your Present
2004
UR4 Given
2000
Sink Like a Stone (Short)
1995
Nowhere Fast
Writer
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A Rare Grand Alignment (post-production)
2022
JAVELIN
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She's Gotta Have It (TV Series) (story editor - 9 episodes, 2019) (written by - 2 episodes, 2017 - 2019)
- #IAmYourMirror (2019) - (story editor)
- #OnTheComeUpTheComeDown&TheCome'Round (2019) - (story editor)
- #OhJudoKnow? (2019) - (story editor)
- #WhenYourChickensComeHometoRoost (2019) - (story editor)
- #SuperFunkyCaliFragiSexy (2019) - (story editor)
- #NationTime (2019) - (story editor)
- #LuvStings (2019) - (story editor)
- #ConeyIslandIsTheEndOfTheLine (2019) - (story editor) / (written by)
- #I'mFeelingMyFeelings (2019) - (story editor)
- #HeGotItAllMixedUp (DYSLEXIA) (2017) - (written by)
2014
Kelly Rowland: The Game (Music Video) (written by)
2010
Burn Out the Day (story)
2010
Window on Your Present
2005
All the Invisible Children (segment "Jesus Children of America")
2005
Jesus Children of America (Short)
2004
UR4 Given
2000
Sink Like a Stone (Short)
1995
Nowhere Fast
1994
Crooklyn (screenplay)
Producer
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A Rare Grand Alignment (producer) (post-production)
2022
JAVELIN (producer)
2010
Burn Out the Day (co-producer)
2010
Window on Your Present (executive producer)
2005
All the Invisible Children (executive producer - segment "Jesus Children of America")
2001
Snapped (Short) (producer)
1994
Crooklyn (associate producer)
Actor
2017
She's Gotta Have It (TV Series) as
Dog #1
- #DaJumpoff (DOCTRINE) (2017) - Dog #1
2014
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus as
Ellington Christopher
2014
River of Fundament as
Wake Guest
2013
Oldboy as
Bellhop (as Cinque Lee)
2010
Burn Out the Day as
Chinwe
2010
Beck as
Leon Sykes
2007
Rapturious as
Host (as Cinque Lee)
2007
The Devil's Muse as
Joe
2006
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) as
Holden's Classmate
- Weeping Willow (2006) - Holden's Classmate
2006
Delirious as
Corey
2004
UR4 Given as
Camera man
2003
Coffee and Cigarettes as
Evil Twin / Kitchen Guy (segment "Twins / Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil")
2002
People Are Dead as
Cinque - Kevin's Friend
2002
Between 2 Worlds (Short) as
The Filmmaker
2000
Limousine Drive as
Jay
1996
Lowball as
Doo-Rag
1995
Nowhere Fast as
Cinqué
1989
Coffee and Cigarettes II (Short) as
Evil Twin
1989
Mystery Train as
Bellboy (segment "Far from Yokohama")
1988
School Daze as
Buckwheat (as Cinque Lee)
Miscellaneous
2013
Oldboy (archivist - as Cinque Lee)
2010
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (TV Mini Series documentary) (additional material - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.2 (2010) - (additional material)
2008
Miracle at St. Anna (video archivist)
2006
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (TV Mini Series documentary) (video archivist - 2 episodes)
- Part Two (2006) - (video archivist)
- Part One (2006) - (video archivist)
2006
Inside Man (video archivist - as Cinque Lee)
2005
All the Invisible Children (video archivist)
2004
Sucker Free City (TV Movie) (video archivist)
2004
She Hate Me (video archivist)
2002
25th Hour (video archivist)
2000
Bamboozled (video archivist - as Cinque Lee)
1998
He Got Game (video archivist)
1996
Girl 6 (video archivist)
1992
Malcolm X (video archivist - uncredited)
1990
Mo' Better Blues (video archivist)
1986
She's Gotta Have It (production assistant)
Camera Department
2016
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (Documentary) (camera operator)
2014
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (videographer)
2014
River of Fundament (videographer)
2012
Bad 25 (Documentary) (camera operator)
2012
Red Hook Summer (camera operator)
2010
Burn Out the Day (additional photography) / (camera operator)
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If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (TV Mini Series documentary) (camera operator - 1 episode, 2010) (videographer - 1 episode, 2010)
- Episode #1.1 (2010) - (camera operator) / (videographer)
2009
Passing Strange (Documentary) (camera - as Cinque Lee)
1998
He Got Game (videographer)
Editor
2010
Burn Out the Day
2010
Window on Your Present
2006
A Dollar Short (Short)
Cinematographer
2004
UR4 Given
Art Department
2001
Snapped (Short) (illustrator)
Art Director
2010
Window on Your Present
Assistant Director
2015
Meet Me at a Funeral (Short) (second unit director)
Composer
2010
Burn Out the Day
Costume Department
2010
Window on Your Present (costumer)
Costume Designer
2010
Window on Your Present
Editorial Department
1988
School Daze (apprentice editor)
Production Designer
2010
Window on Your Present
Set Decorator
2010
Window on Your Present
Thanks
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A Plague of Wasps (Short) (very special thanks) (post-production)
1991
Night on Earth (personal thanks - as Cinqué)
Self
1999
Three Days (Documentary) as
Self
1994
Independents in New York (Documentary short) as
Self
References
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