Dee Rees
Directing
Born: February 7, 1977 (age 49) · Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dee Rees, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2020
Mudbound
2017
Space Force
2020
Empire
2015
Masters of the Air
2024
The Last Thing He Wanted
2020
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
Pariah
2011
Bessie
2015
Saint X
2023
When We Rise
2017
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023
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Directing (17)
Empire
Director
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Director
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Director
Space Force
Director
Masters of the Air
Director
When We Rise
Director
Saint X
Director
The Last Thing He Wanted
Director
Mudbound
Director
Bessie
Director
Pariah
Director
Pariah
Director
Eventual Salvation
Director
The Box
Director
Boys On Film 9: Youth in Trouble
Director
Orange Bow
Director
Colonial Gods
Director
Writing (11)
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Writer
Masters of the Air
Teleplay
The Last Thing He Wanted
Screenplay
Mudbound
Screenplay
Bessie
Story
Bessie
Screenplay
Pariah
Writer
Pariah
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The Box
Writer
Boys On Film 9: Youth in Trouble
Writer
Colonial Gods
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