7.8
TV
Directing
Dee Rees
- Born
- (age 49)
- Birthplace
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Credits
- 20 titles
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.
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Signature work
Known For
7.8
TV
7.4
Movie
Mudbound
6.5
TV
Space Force
7.1
TV
Empire
7.8
TV
Masters of the Air
4.9
Movie
The Last Thing He Wanted
7.0
TV
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
6.9
Movie
Pariah
6.4
Movie
Bessie
6.5
TV
Saint X
6.3
TV
When We Rise
6.6
Movie
Little Richard: I Am Everything
4.5
Movie
Pariah
7.8
Movie
Colonial Gods
4.3
Movie
Boys On Film 9: Youth in Trouble
8.0
Movie
The Box
Movie
Eventual Salvation
Movie
Orange Bow
Acting credits 1
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hollywood Black TV | Self (archive footage) (4 ep) |
Crew credits 19
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | An Uncivil War Film | Director, Screenplay |
| 2024 | Masters of the Air TV | Director, Teleplay (2 ep) |
| 2023 | Saint X TV | Executive Producer, Director (8 ep) |
| 2023 | Little Richard: I Am Everything Film | Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Space Force TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2020 | Upload TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2020 | The Last Thing He Wanted Film | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 2018 | The Box Film | Director, Writer |
| 2017 | Mudbound Film | Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams TV | Writer, Director (10 ep) |
| 2017 | When We Rise TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2015 | Bessie Film | Director, Screenplay, Story |
| 2015 | Empire TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Boys On Film 9: Youth in Trouble Film | Director, Writer |
| 2011 | Pariah Film | Director, Writer |
| 2009 | Eventual Salvation Film | Executive Producer, Editorial Manager, Director, Sound Editor, Sound Designer |
| 2009 | Colonial Gods Film | Writer, Director |
| 2007 | Pariah Film | Director, Writer |
| 2006 | Orange Bow Film | Director |