Dee Rees

Dee Rees

DirectorBorn Nashville, Tennessee, USA2 analyzed titles

Average work score

7Woke

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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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Filmography

Analyzed movies and shows directed by Dee Rees. Season credits are shown separately.