Dee Rees
Director, Writer, Producer
February 7, 1977 (49 years)
Diandrea Rees (born February 7, 1977) is an American screenwriter and director. She is known for her feature films Pariah (2011), Bessie (2015), Mudbound (2017), and The Last Thing He Wanted (2020). Rees has also written and directed episodes for television series, including Empire, When We Rise, and Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams.
Rees is the first African-American woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, for Mudbound. She has also received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, and won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film for Bessie.
Reeds received a United States Artists Fellowship in 2011.
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Rees is the first African-American woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, for Mudbound. She has also received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, and won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film for Bessie.
Reeds received a United States Artists Fellowship in 2011.
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Filmography
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| 2020 | The Last Thing He Wanted · as Screenplay |
| 2017 | Mudbound · as Screenplay |
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| 2015 | Bessie · as Screenplay |
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| 2023 | Little Richard: I Am Everything · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Saint X · as Executive Producer |
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| 2017 | Mudbound · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Hollywood Black · as Self (archive Footage) |
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| 2018 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter & Nominee |
| 2015 | The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2012 | The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 2005 | Entertainment Tonight Canada · as Self |
| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley · as Self |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America · as Self |
| 2024 | Masters of the Air · as Teleplay |