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Diandrea Rees [1] (born February 7, 1977) is an American screenwriter and director. [2] [3] [4] She is known for her feature films Pariah (2011), Bessie (2015), Mudbound (2017), and The Last Thing He Wanted (2020).
69 Photos. 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). The film, starring Jason Mitchell, Carey ...
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).
Feb 6, 2020 · Dee Rees and the Art of Surviving as a Black Female Director. From her Oscar-nominated “Mudbound” to her new foray into blockbuster cinema, she is trying to create a new kind of Hollywood...
Jun 17, 2021 · Criterion first contacted Rees about releasing Mudbound, which earned a total of four Oscar nominations, but Rees asked them to consider Pariah (Criterion will release Mudbound in the fall).
May 22, 2020 · Dee Rees talks queer filmmaking, recent setbacks, and wanting to do it all. She's an Oscar nominee, an Emmy nominee, and a Sundance legend. Now the director of Mudbound and Bessie is ready to...
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.
Jul 2, 2021 · Filmmaker 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 ...
Nov 29, 2023 · Fresh off the strike and newly back to work, American writer-director Dee Rees has set her sights on her next feature – a stylized dark comedy meant to visualize a central character’s frantic...
If you are not yet acquainted with her films, Rees is a phenomenal Black, lesbian director and screenwriter, with a rich and rewarding body of work that is racking up acclaim. Dee Rees came of age in the 1980s in a predominantly white suburb of Nashville.
