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Justin Simien (born May 7, 1983) is an American filmmaker, actor, and author. His first feature film, Dear White People, won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. [1] It was later adapted into the Netflix series of the same name (2017–2021).
Writer: Dear White People. Justin Simien is known for Dear White People (2014), Dear White People (2017) and Bad Hair (2020).
Aug 21, 2024 · Director, writer and producer Justin Simien, who a decade ago crashed through the Hollywood gates with his Sundance-winning film “Dear White People,” doesn’t approach his four-part MGM+...
Sep 1, 2024 · Filmmaker Justin Simien takes viewers on a journey through Black cinema history, from the minstrel era to the present, reexamining Hollywood's evolution. Simien highlights struggles of Black ...
Aug 8, 2023 · The filmmaker Justin Simien was researching the Haunted Mansion long before he realized it. As a boy, he was a big fan of the Disney attraction.
Aug 23, 2019 · Director Justin Simien is the creator of the controversially-titled film Dear White People. It was later developed into a Netflix television program, now in its third season.
Justin Simien is a writer, director, and producer of both television and film based in Los Angeles, California. In 2014 he wrote and directed his first feature film, the critically acclaimed indie Dear White People, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Jan 24, 2023 · Alongside Culture Machine president Kyle Laursen (who joined the company in 2022), Simien looks back on his Sundance-spurred career, the state of the entertainment industry for creatives of...
Oct 16, 2023 · Award-winning multi-hyphenate filmmaker Justin Simien is known for his innovative storytelling and unique cinematic style. He has been a champion for change in Hollywood in front of and behind the camera since his 2014 directorial debut, “Dear White People.”
Dear White People: Created by Justin Simien. With Logan Browning, Brandon P Bell, DeRon Horton, Antoinette Robertson. At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a group of black students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.