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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.
Justin Simien Filmography
| 2024 | Hollywood Black (TV Series) |
| 2023 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2017 | Dear White People (TV Series) |
| 2014 |
| 2025 | Seen & Heard (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2025 | Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words · as Self - Writer |
| 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 | Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror (TV Series) · as Self |
| 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 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 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 |