DEE REES

‘I think with cinema, the idea of discovery is what keeps this industry alive. It’s about different ideas, expanded imaginations, knowing what people are capable of doing’ - Dee Rees

Writer-director Dee Rees is known for documentary EVENTUAL SALVATION, PARIAH, BESSIE and 2017’s MUDBOUND. At the 2018 Academy Awards, the latter was nominated for four awards: Supporting Actress (Mary J Blige), Cinematography (Rachel Morisson - the first woman ever to be nominated), Original Song (‘Mighty River’ - Mary J Blige) and Best Adapted screenplay. Rees is currently working on THE LAST THING HE WANTED, a political thriller based on Joan Didion’s book of the same name.