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1. www.imdb.com › name › nm2011696Dee Rees - IMDb

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   Writer/Director Dee Rees is an alumna of New York University's graduate film program and a Sundance Screenwriting & Directing Lab Fellow. In 2018, Dee became the first Black woman nominated for an Oscar in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for her highly-acclaimed film Mudbound (2017).

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1

   • Birth Place: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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   Jun 11, 2021 · The Oscar-nominated writer-director looks back at her breakthrough film, Spike Lee’s funny producing style, and why Pariah’s legacy still makes her tear up.

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   Rees directed The Last Thing He Wanted, based upon the novel of the same name by Joan Didion, which stars Anne Hathaway and Willem Dafoe. The film was distributed by Netflix. Rees directed multiple episodes of the Apple TV+ war miniseries Masters of the Air.

4. www.hollywoodreporter.com › movies › movie-featuresDee Rees on 'Pariah' Criterion Release: "We Have to Widen the ...

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   Jun 17, 2021 · In the 10 years since Focus Features released Pariah, Rees has written and directed two movies for Netflix — Mudbound, for which she became the first Black woman nominated for an Oscar for...

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5. ew.com › movies › dee-rees-talks-queer-filmmakingDee Rees on establishing herself as a queer director in Hollywood

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   May 22, 2020 · Rees is approaching the 10-year anniversary of Pariah, her semiautobiographical film made on a six-figure budget, about a teen girl accepting her lesbian identity. To go from that to helming an...

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pariah_(2011_film)Pariah (2011 film) - Wikipedia

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   Pariah is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by Dee Rees. It tells the story of Alike (Adepero Oduye), a 17-year-old Black teenager embracing her identity as a lesbian. It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was awarded the Excellence in Cinematography Award.

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   Did Dee Rees make a movie?

   • Dee Rees ’s 2011 film began as a 140-page feature; as an NYU grad student, Rees whittled it down into a short, which played internationally and earned critical acclaim in 2007. The future Oscar nominee brought the story back to feature-length, eventually shooting it in just 18 days on a shoestring $500,000 budget. The end result?

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   Who is Dee Rees?

   • Dee Rees. Director: Mudbound. Writer/Director Dee Rees is an alumna of New York University's graduate film program and a Sundance Screenwriting & Directing Lab Fellow. In 2018, Dee became the first Black woman nominated for an Oscar in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for her highly-acclaimed film Mudbound (2017).

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   What did Dee Rees do for a living?

   • Dee Rees went on to work under Spike Lee on his films Inside Man (2006) and When the Levees Broke (2006). During this time, she worked on a script for what would later be the feature film Pariah. For her graduate thesis, she adapted the first act of the script and directed it as a short film of the same name.

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   Did Dee Rees give 'Mudbound' a personal touch?

   • "Dee Rees gave 'Mudbound' a personal touch with the help of her grandmother's journal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-04-21. ^ Libby Hill (24 January 2018). "Dee Rees becomes first black woman Oscar-nominated for adapted screenplay with 'Mudbound' ". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-01-24. ^ Rachel Withers (23 January 2018).

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8. www.yahoo.com › entertainment › dee-rees-becomingDee Rees on Becoming the First Black American Woman ... - Yahoo

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   Jul 2, 2021 · Dee Rees made history on June 29 when her debut feature “ Pariah ” joined the Criterion Collection, making the Oscar and Emmy nominee the first Black American woman to have her work included....