--- description: Lifetime has announced they are working on a movie about Whitney Houston's life directed by Angela Bassett. title: Lifetime is making a Whitney Houston movie directed by Angela Bassett image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b4a06ecf9f85e72/698690a8e8524bbff160302d/109939802.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Angela Bassett Directing Whitney Houston Lifetime Movie by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2014 12:40 PM CUT  Whitney Houston during VH1 Divas Duets: A Concert to Benefit the VH1 Save the Music Foundation at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2003 Whitney Houston during VH1 Divas Duets: A Concert to Benefit the VH1 Save the Music Foundation at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2003Jeff Kravitz--FilmMagic by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2014 12:40 PM CUT It was bound to happen sooner or later: Lifetime has announced they are working on a movie about [Whitney Houston’s life](http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/lifetime-sets-whitney-houston-biopic-directed-by-angela-bassett/ "undefined"). What is unexpected, however, is who the network has tapped to direct the film: Angela Bassett, Houston’s 1995 _Waiting To Exhale_ co-star. The Academy Award-nominated Bassett said of the project, which will mark her directorial debut: “I have such regard for both Whitney’s and Bobby’s amazing talents and accomplishments, and I feel a responsibility in the telling of their story.” With a working title of _Whitney Houston_, Lifetime said in a press release that the film will follow the relationship between the late Houston, who died in 2012, and singer-songwriter Bobby Brown, “from the time they first met at the very height of their celebrity, to their courtship and tumultuous marriage. Throughout it all, difficulties followed the superstar couple while they dealt with the overwhelming rewards and consequences of the fame and fortune created by Whitney’s meteoric rise that would soon overshadow them both.” There’s no word on casting yet, but film isn’t slated to premiere until 2015. \[[_Deadline_](http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/lifetime-sets-whitney-houston-biopic-directed-by-angela-bassett/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/110176/angela-bassett-directing-whitney-houston-lifetime-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/110176/angela-bassett-directing-whitney-houston-lifetime-movie/"},"headline":"Angela Bassett Directing Whitney Houston Lifetime Movie","datePublished":"2014-05-23T12:40:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:00:56.668Z","description":"The network has announced a biopic about the late singer's tumultuous relationship with Bobby Brown. The film will be directed by Angela Bassett, Houston's 1995 \"Waiting To Exhale\" co-star","url":"https://time.com/110176/angela-bassett-directing-whitney-houston-lifetime-movie/","keywords":["Television","Music","Biopic","Movie","Whitney Houston"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b4a06ecf9f85e72/698690a8e8524bbff160302d/109939802.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b4a06ecf9f85e72/698690a8e8524bbff160302d/109939802.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"VH1 Divas Duets: A Concert to Benefit the VH1 Save the Music Foundation - Show","caption":"VH1 Divas Duets: A Concert to Benefit the VH1 Save the Music Foundation - Show","creditText":"Jeff Kravitz--FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/110176/angela-bassett-directing-whitney-houston-lifetime-movie/","name":"Angela Bassett Directing Whitney Houston Lifetime Movie"}}]}] ```