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. 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. Provided by Wikipedia