Lee Daniels & Tucker Tooley on Their Long Partnership, ‘Concrete Cowboy’ and When to Say No

Variety

Mar 30

Hollywood is full of filmmaking collectives — camps of creative people who met at the bottom and carry each other, hopefully, to great heights.

Particularly sacred (and occasionally fraught) is the relationship between producer and director, a delicate balance of trust and honesty. Approaching nearly 20 years in that dynamic are Oscar nominee Lee Daniels and producer Tucker Tooley.

Having met in the early aughts, the pair just released the Golden Globe-winning “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” at Hulu, and is prepping for the April 2 release of the TIFF player “Concrete Cowboy” with Idris Elba at Netflix.

Read the Variety article.

Richard Baker

Lee Daniels & Tucker Tooley on Their Long Partnership, ‘Concrete Cowboy’ and When to Say No

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