10 Black Female Directors Making Major Moves
Dee Rees
Dee Rees is the name to know this award season with her direction of the period drama “Mudbound” making it the first Netflix film that could be nominated for an Academy Award. But the critical acclaim isn’t new to the 40-year-old screenwriter and director whose 2011 semi-autobiographical feature film “Pariah” was widely lauded. And in 2015, Rees’ HBO TV film “Bessie” took home four Primetime Emmy Awards.