Dee Rees

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 Dicks Electric Dreams Rees is the first AfricanAmerican 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia