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Justin Simien

Director, Producer, Writer, ActorBorn May 7, 1983 (42 years)
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

  • Dear White People
  • Haunted Mansion
  • Dear White People
  • Bad Hair
  • Hollywood Black

Justin Simien Filmography

2025
Seen & Heard (TV Series) · as Self
2025
2023
See It Loud: The History of Black Television (TV Series) · as Self - Creator - Dear White People
2022
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge
2022
2019
2018
2017
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper (TV Series) · as Self
2017
After Trek (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2016
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge
2015
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge
2010
Family Feud (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2008
Celebrity Family Feud (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant
2005
The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
2004
Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1981
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self

2026
Michael · as Co-Producer
2024
Hollywood Black (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2023
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2020
2017
Dear White People (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2014

2020
Bad Hair · as Screenplay
2017
Dear White People (TV Series)
2014
Dear White People · as Screenplay

2020
Bad Hair · as Reggie Watson
2017
Dear White People (TV Series) · as Jerry Skyler

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