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Justin Simien was born on 7 May, 1983 in Houston, Texas, U.S., is an American filmmaker, actor, and author (born 1983). Discover Justin Simien's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 40 years old?

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Occupation Film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, author
Age 40 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 7 May 1983
Birthday 7 May
Birthplace Houston, Texas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1983

Justin Simien (born May 7, 1983) is an American filmmaker, actor, and author.

Simien was born on May 7, 1983, in Houston, Texas.

He is the son of Anna Simien.

He was raised Catholic and his father died while Justin was young.

Raised in the metro area, he attended the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

After graduation he studied film at Chapman University in California.

Simien worked a number of jobs in Los Angeles prior to directing his first feature film, including social media manager at Sony Television, publicity assistant at Focus Features, and publicity coordinator at Paramount Pictures.

2006

Simien directed three short films prior to Dear White People: Rings (2006), My Women: Inst Msgs (2009), and INST MSGS (Instant Messages) (2009).

Simien started work on what would become Dear White People in 2006, with inspiration for the script coming from his feelings while attending the predominantly white Chapman University.

2012

In 2012, he created a concept trailer using his tax refund as funding.

With the concept trailer as a centerpiece, he launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $25,000 but he got an overwhelming response and managed to raise $40,000 instead.

2013

Simien has also been named to Variety's 2013 "10 Directors to Watch" list.

Simien has also been named to Variety's 2013 "10 Directors to Watch" list.

2014

His first feature film, Dear White People, won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

The film premiered in-competition in the US Dramatic Category at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014.

The film began its theatrical release in the United States on October 17, 2014.

In its opening weekend the film grossed $344,000 in only eleven locations for a $31,273 per theatre average.

Dear White People won Simien the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and the "Audience Award" at the 2014 San Francisco International Film Festival.

2016

On May 5, 2016, Lionsgate announced a deal to produce a Dear White People television series based on the film and distributed through Netflix with the show's first ten episodes to be written by Simien.

2017

It was later adapted into the Netflix series of the same name (2017–2021).

The series was released in April 2017 to critical acclaim.

Peter Debruge, writing for Variety, praised the writing, directing, social commentary, and cast.

The New York Times praised the series' examination of concerns such as appropriation, assimilation, and conflict.

In June 2017 the series was renewed for a second season, which was released in May 2018.

2018

On June 21, 2018, the series was renewed for a third season, which was released in August 2019.

2019

On October 2, 2019, the series was renewed for its fourth and final season, which was released in September 2021.

In 2019, Simien launched his production company, Culture Machine.

2020

He was the writer, director, and songwriter for the 2020 horror comedy Bad Hair.

It had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

Shortly after, Hulu acquired distribution rights to the film.

It was released in a limited release on October 16, 2020, by Neon, followed by digital streaming on Hulu on October 23, 2020.

The film received mixed reviews from critics.

At Disney Investor Day 2020, he was announced as the showrunner for a new Disney+ series about Lando Calrissian, called Lando.

In April 2021, Simien signed on to direct a new film adaptation of the Disney theme park attraction The Haunted Mansion.

Haunted Mansion was released on July 28, 2023 to mostly negative reviews from critics (including Metacritic which gave it a "mixed or average reviews" score) and was a box office bomb.

More recently, Simien signed an overall deal with Paramount Television Studios, under which he began adapting Geoff Johns's comic Geiger for television.

In July 2023, Simien revealed he had not been given any updates on Lando since 2020.

Later that month, it was reported that Simien had departed Lando due to commitments to Haunted Mansion.

Donald Glover and his brother Stephen were revealed as his replacements.

Earlier the same day, however, an interview was published between Simien and The Hollywood Reporter, where Simien said "I am attached, I think, but I don't really know" when asked if he was still writing Lando.