Lee Daniels is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-born American actor and filmmaker who is best known for his direction of the movie “Precious”. as well as “The Butler”. Born on 24 December 1959 of Afro-American descent, Lee Daniels is now a highly regarded producer, writer as well as a director. He has been prominent in film-making since 1986.
A reputed filmmaker who has given us high-grossing movies like “The Butler”, how rich is Lee Daniels? As of now, this highly successful filmmaker has a net worth of $5 million. Obviously, most of his wealth is the result of his prolific film-making career. With this much of money in hands, Daniels has been living in New York City where he owns a home.
Lee Daniels Net Worth $5 Million
Daniels had an interest in filmmaking as a teenager. After graduating from Radnor High School and later from Lindenwood University in Missouri, Lee tried to enroll into a film school, but realized that he could not afford it. Eventually, he started a nursing agency after his college life, which became a commercial success. It also polished Lee’s managerial skills which he later used while managing actors like Wes Bentley. After some years of being successful as a manager, Lee went on to found an entertainment agency called Lee Daniels Entertainment. From that day on, Lee has been excelling as a film-maker and is adding a lot to his net worth.
His production company debuted with the movie “Monster’s Ball” which became a box office success and earned fame for Lee as well as his company. With the passage of time, Daniels started directing movies beginning with “Shadow Boxer” in 2005. He later directed other hit movies like “The Paperboy”, “Precious” and others. Lee has also put his hands on television series with the show “Empire”, released in 2015, for which he served as the co-writer as well as the director. These projects have been adding to Lee’s net worth for sure.
To add to his film-making profile, Lee has seized the opportunity to show his talent in different areas of film-making such as producing and screenwriting. As far as his writing career goes, Lee has already served as the writer of the 2012 movie “The Paperboy”. He has also acted in some movies like “A Little of Mark”, “Agnes und seine Bruder” as well as “Shadowboxer”. Gathering expertise from all these arenas has surely helped Lee to grow as a filmmaker, and at the same time it has also helped him to add to his net worth.
As for his personal life, Lee is currently single. He is a father of two children whom he adopted from his brother in 1996, with his then partner, Billy Hopkins. After separating, Lee also dated Ady Sforzini, but the relationship did not work out, resulting in their separation in 2010. For now, Lee is single and enjoys his net worth of $5 million as he resides in his New York home.
