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Dee Rees (born November 30, 1976 in Nashville ) is an American film director and screenwriter . Together with Virgil Williams , Rees was nominated for an Oscar at the 2018 Academy Awards for the adaptation of the novel of the same name for their film Mudbound .
Life
Dee Rees was born in Nashville , Tennessee. The first film Rees made was Eventual Salvation , a documentary about an old woman who returns to her hometown of Monrovia. Rees made her directorial debut in a feature film in 2011 with the drama Pariah . Rees had previously published a short film with the same title. For the biographical television film Bessie , which dealt with the life of Bessie Smith , Rees was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in two categories in 2015 .
The epic film drama Mudbound , directed by Rees and presented at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017 , received critical acclaim and Rees and Virgil Williams were nominated for an Oscar at the 2018 Academy Awards for the adaptation of the novel of the same name.
Filmography (selection)
- 2008: Eventual Salvation (documentary)
- 2011: Pariah
- 2015: Bessie (TV movie)
- 2017: Mudbound
- 2017: When We Rise (TV series, directed two episodes)
- 2020: The last thing he wanted (The Last Thing He Wanted)
Awards
- 2018: Nomination for Best Director ( Mudbound )
- 2018: Nomination for Best Screenplay (Mudbound)
- 2018 : Nomination for the best adapted screenplay (Mudbound)
- 2018 : Received the Robert Altman Award (Mudbound)
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Award
- 2018: Nomination for Best Director (Mudbound)
- 2018: Nomination for the best adapted screenplay (Mudbound)
- 2018: Nomination for Best Screenplay (Mudbound)
- 2018: Nomination for Best Director (Mudbound)
- 2018 : Nomination for the best adapted screenplay (Mudbound)
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award
- 2017: Nomination for the best adapted screenplay (Mudbound)
- 2015: Nomination for best director of a miniseries, a television film or a special format (Bessie)
- 2015: Nomination for best screenwriter in a miniseries, a television film or a special format (Bessie)
- 2017: 2017 : Nomination for Best Director (Mudbound)
Writers Guild of America Award
- 2018: Nomination for Best Original Screenplay (Mudbound)
Web links
- Dee Rees in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Reader’s Poll: The 50 Most Important LGBT Filmmakers In: indiewire.com, June 15, 2015.
- ↑ ReBecca Theodore-Vachon: Dee Rees On Colorism and Creating Queer Spaces For Black Women In 'Bessie' In: rogerebert.com, May 18, 2015.
- ↑ Dee Rees In: emmys.com. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ^ Mudbound In. Rotten tomatoes. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ↑ Peter Debruge: Sundance Film Review: 'Mudbound' In: Variety, January 21, 2017.
- ↑ Get Out Dominates the Black Reel Awards In: blackreelawards.com, December 13, 2017.
- ↑ Kristopher Tapley, 'Shape of Water' Leads Critics' Choice Film Nominations In: Variety, December 6, 2017.
- ↑ Hilary Lewis: 2018 Independent Spirit Award Nominations Revealed In: The Hollywood Reporter, November 21, 2017.
- ↑ Chris Evangelista: 2017 Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Nominations Announced In: slashfilm.com, December 4, 2017.
- ↑ 2018 NAACP Image Award Nominations In: rottentomatoes.com, November 20, 2017.
- ↑ 2017 Awards Winners ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- ↑ Steve Pond: 'Dunkirk', 'The Shape of Water' Lead Satellite Award Nominations In: thewrap.com, November 29, 2017.
- ↑ 2018 Writers Guild Awards Nominees In: wga.org. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rees, Dee |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rees, Diandra |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nashville , United States |