KasiLemmons(bornKarenLemmons;February24,1961[1])isanAmericanfilmdirectorandactress,mostnotableforherworkonthefilmsEve'sBayou,TheCaveman'sValentineandTalktoMe.[2]ShewasdescribedbyfilmscholarWheelerWinstonDixonas"anongoingtestamenttothecreativepossibilitiesoffilm".[3]