Film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, author
Spouse
Rick Proctor (m. 2022)
Awards
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent
Justin Simien (born May 7, 1983) is an American filmmaker, actor, and author. His first feature film, Dear White People, won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.[1] It was later adapted into the Netflix series of the same name (2017–2021). Simien has also been named to Variety's 2013 "10 Directors to Watch" list.[2]
^"2014 Sundance Film Festival Announces Feature Film Awards". sundance.org. January 26, 2014. Archived from the original on January 29, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
^"10 Directors to Watch: Justin Simien Puts 'White People' in Perspective". Variety. December 17, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
JustinSimien (born May 7, 1983) is an American filmmaker, actor, and author. His first feature film, Dear White People, won the U.S. Dramatic Special...
satirical dark comedy-drama film written, directed and co-produced by JustinSimien. The film focuses on escalating racial tensions at a fictitious, prestigious...
December 2020, Disney announced a Lando streaming series for Disney+, with JustinSimien as showrunner. In July 2023, it was reported that Donald Glover was...
to be in development for Disney+, with JustinSimien acting as showrunner. In 2023, it was revealed that Simien would be replaced as showrunner by Donald...
September 11, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2022. 'Dear White People': JustinSimien Reveals Season 3 Directors, Including Cheryl Dunye and Kimberly Peirce...
10, 2022). "'Haunted Mansion': Winona Ryder Joins Remake as Director JustinSimien Promises 'All the Easter Eggs'". Variety. Archived from the original...
while JustinSimien was named as the series creator and showrunner. By July 2020 however, Donald and Stephen Glover were hired to replace Simien, write...
10, 2022). "'Haunted Mansion': Winona Ryder Joins Remake as Director JustinSimien Promises 'All the Easter Eggs'". Variety. Archived from the original...
critically acclaimed Netflix series Dear White People, adapted with JustinSimien from his film of the same name. In 2020, she became the showrunner on...
it was announced that Glover and his brother Stephen would replace JustinSimien as the head writers of the upcoming Star Wars series Lando. On January...
Rodriguez had been joined by Tracy Oliver in completing the script, JustinSimien had been attached as the director, and that Oliver would join Robinson's...
for the film. Additionally, the song's music video was directed by JustinSimien (the director of Dear White People) and features the cast of the film...
series opposite Hayley Marie Norman. Her first feature film role was in JustinSimien's Dear White People in 2014. She reprised the supporting role of Joelle...
and Men Reinaldo Marcus Green Green Book Peter Farrelly 2020 Bad Hair JustinSimien 2021 The United States vs. Billie Holiday Lee Daniels Space Jam: A New...
Peaches Christ Carmen Maria Machado Emily St. James Alonso Duralde JustinSimien Leslye Headland Tommy Pico Lea DeLaria Bryan Fuller Alaska Thunderfuck...
March 2023 Release Date". Collider. Retrieved 16 December 2022. Kroll, Justin (August 5, 2022). "'Insidious 5': Peter Dager, Sinclair Daniel and Hiam...
projects. Black horror directors William Crain, Rusty Cundieff and JustinSimien also stated that the success of Get Out offered more opportunities for...
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