Kenny Leon

Directing

Kenny Leon

Known for

Directing

Credits

24 titles

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 4 titles

1990s · 3 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

In My Dreams poster
6.4

Natalie and Nick are frustrated with their luck in romance. After tossing coins into a fountain, the two then begin dreaming about each other. But, according to fountain mythology, they only have a week to turn those dreams into reality.

In My Dreams

2015

Hairspray Live! poster
7.4

A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.

Hairspray Live!

2016

Hairspray Live! poster
7.4

A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.

Hairspray Live!

2016

A Raisin in the Sun poster
6.1

Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.

A Raisin in the Sun

2008

Steel Magnolias poster
6.9

In an updated contemporary version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, "Steel Magnolias" chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. Supporting each other through their triumphs and tragedies, they congregate at Truvy’s beauty shop to ponder the mysteries of life and death, husbands and children - and hair and nails - all the important topics that truly unite and celebrate women.

Steel Magnolias

2012

American Son poster
6.0

Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.

American Son

2019

American Son poster
6.0

Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.

American Son

2019

The Watsons Go to Birmingham poster
6.8

In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit family. When 15 year-old Byron’s antics go over the top, his parents realize enough is enough and they decide the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands' no nonsense approach in Birmingham, Alabama. So the Watsons load up their 1948 Plymouth Brown Bomber and head South. When they finally make it to Birmingham, they meet Grandma Sands and her friend, Mr. Robert and discover that life is very different there than in Flint. During that historic summer, the Watsons find themselves caught up in something far bigger than Byron’s antics; something that will change their lives and country forever.

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

2013

The Wiz Live! poster
7.0

Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit which spawned a dismal feature film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Executive Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have assembled a Tony-winning creative team, the imaginative Cirque du Soleil Theatrical and a diverse cast of showstoppers designed to create an eye-popping new take on the musical unlike anything ever seen.

The Wiz Live!

2015

Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia poster
6.7

The true story of Mahalia Jackson, who began singing at an early age and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement.

Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

2021

The Public's Much Ado About Nothing poster
7.5

This bold interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece features Danielle Brooks (“Orange is the New Black,” Broadway’s “The Color Purple”) and Grantham Coleman (“Buzzer,” “The Americans”) as the sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick. Tony Award winner Kenny Leon (“American Son,” “A Raisin in the Sun”) directs with choreography by Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown (“Choir Boy”). Set in contemporary Georgia with an election race underway, Great Performances: Much Ado About Nothing finds the community of Messina celebrating a break from an ongoing war, but not all is peaceful amid the merriment. Former rivals battle it out, revenge is sought and trickery runs amok in this timeless comedy of romantic retribution and miscommunication. Earning a New York Times Critic’s Pick, the play was recorded during its final weekend of Free Shakespeare in the Park performances, June 22-23, 2019.

The Public's Much Ado About Nothing

2019

A Soldier's Play poster
NR

In a segregated army camp in Louisiana in 1944, a black sergeant is shot dead after crying out "they still hate you." As the play examines the murder, the truth of it becomes more shocking and hateful than the murder itself.

A Soldier's Play

2021

Ohio State Murders poster
10.0

Ohio State Murders is an unusual look at the destructiveness of racism in the U.S. When Suzanne Alexander, a fictional African American writer, returns to Ohio State University to talk about the violence in her writing, a dark mystery unravels.

Ohio State Murders

2021