World Lee Daniels on the Women Who Changed His Life Francesca Trianni @frantrianni Carlos H. Martinelli @martinelli0816 April 16, 2015 SHARE + READ ARTICLE [video id=DUbV2mi7 ] “I want you to experience my life and I think that’s the purest form of art. To experience what I experienced,” says Daniels, a filmmaker and creator of the TV series Empire. Read Oprah on Lee Daniels for the 2015 TIME 100.