Biography
Lee R. Mayes is an American producer and production manager. Born on 24 April 1946 in Denison, Texas, he trained at Columbia University Film School, where he earned a master's degree in screenwriting, following college and service in the US Navy.
Mayes has worked extensively in production roles since the 1980s, serving as unit production manager or location manager on films including House of Games (1987), No Mercy (1986) and Silkwood (1983). As a producer he is credited on Scary Movie (2000), White Chicks (2004), Little Man (2006) and Out Cold (2001), and as executive producer on Rudy (1993), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) and Multiplicity (1996). He has collaborated repeatedly with director Keenen Ivory Wayans.
