Dee Rees

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.

Directed

1. Upload (2020) — Director
2. Mudbound (2017) — Director
3. Space Force (2020) — Director
4. Empire (2015) — Director
5. Masters of the Air (2024) — Director
6. The Last Thing He Wanted (2020) — Director
7. Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017) — Director
8. Pariah (2011) — Director
9. Bessie (2015) — Director
10. When We Rise (2017) — Director
11. Pariah (2007) — Director
12. Colonial Gods (2009) — Director
13. Boys On Film 9: Youth in Trouble (2013) — Director
14. The Box (2018) — Director
15. Untitled Dee Rees Horror Film — Director
16. An Uncivil War — Director
17. Eventual Salvation (2009) — Director
18. Orange Bow (2006) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Hollywood Black (2024) — Self (archive footage)