Person
Justin Simien
Directing · Born 1983-05-07 · Houston, Texas, USA
Biography
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. 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.
Known for
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Colbert Report
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Guest Judge
Moonlight
Thanks
Dear White People
Writer
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula
Self - Guest Judge
Haunted Mansion
Director
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
Self - Guest Judge
Hollywood Black
Self
Filmography
- 2026Stay for the Q&AVictor Zigler, CVS (Cinematographer)
- 2025Seen & Heard: The History of Black TelevisionSelf
- 2024Hollywood BlackSelf
- 2023Haunted MansionDirector
- 2022The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: TitansSelf - Guest Judge
- 2022Queer for Fear: The History of Queer HorrorSelf
- 2021Bad HairReggie Watson
- 2017After Trek
- 2017Dear White PeopleWriter
- 2016The Boulet Brothers' DragulaSelf - Guest Judge
- 2016MoonlightThanks
- 2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
- 2014Dear White PeopleDirector
- 2013The GoldfishEditor
- 2012RuPaul's Drag Race All StarsSelf - Guest Judge
- 2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
- 2005The Colbert ReportSelf
- —Untitled Star Trek Live-Action ComedyExecutive Producer
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