Diandrea Rees (born February 7, 1977) is an American screenwriter and director.Β She is known for her feature filmsΒ PariahΒ (2011),Β Bessie (2015),Β MudboundΒ (2017), andΒ The Last Thing He WantedΒ (2020). Rees has also written and directed episodes for television series, includingΒ Empire,Β When We Rise, andΒ Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams.
Rees is the first African-American woman nominated for theΒ Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, forΒ Mudbound. She has also receivedΒ Primetime Emmy AwardΒ nominations forΒ Outstanding WritingΒ andΒ Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, and won theΒ Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing β Miniseries or TV FilmΒ forΒ Bessie.
Reeds received aΒ United States ArtistsΒ Fellowship in 2011.
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