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Justin "J.D." Dillard is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter best known for his work on Sleight (2016) and Sweetheart (2019).

J.D. Dillard
Nationality	American
Occupation	Film director film producer screenwriter
Years active	2013–present
Notable work	Sleight Sweetheart

Early life

J.D. was raised as a Navy brat, the son of Bruce and Geri Dillard. LT Bruce Dillard was a Naval flight officer and the second African-American selected to fly with the Blue Angels.[1]

Career

In March 2013, Dillard directed a trailer for Empire of the Sun's second album Ice on the Dune.[2][3] In 2016, he directed the science fiction crime drama film Sleight, for Blumhouse Tilt.[4] According to a /Film interview in 2017 with Dillard, a plan of remaking David Cronenberg's The Fly was at its early phase of negotiations. Dillard disclosed in the interview that he might work with Alex Theurer, the co-writer of the movie Sleight, for the remake: "For me – and this would be about The Fly, but this is also about Alex and my approach to remakes because post-Sleight that has been the conversation for what a lot of big flashy studio gigs are – no matter what, we want to start with character".[5] In January 2019, he wrote and directed the horror film Sweetheart, starring Kiersey Clemons.[6] In February 2019, Legendary Entertainment won a bidding war for Mastering Your Past, which was written by Dillard.[7] In September 2019, he directed an episode of The CW series Two Sentence Horror Stories.[8] In December 2019, he cameoed as Stormtrooper FN-1226 in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.[9][10]

In 2020, he directed an episode of the HBO miniseries The Outsider.[11] In February 2020, Dillard was in negotiations to direct The Return of the Rocketeer, a sequel to the 1991 film The Rocketeer, which will be released on Disney's streaming service, Disney+.[12] In the same month, Variety reported that Dillard and Luke Cage writer Matt Owens were developing a Star Wars film.[13] In June 2020, Dillard directed an episode of the CBS All Access series The Twilight Zone.[14] In September 2020, he directed an episode of the Amazon Prime Video series Utopia.[15] In February 2021, he directed the action war film Devotion, starring Jonathan Majors.[16] In May 2021, he was in discussions to direct an untitled Superman reboot for DC Films.[17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Ref.
2016	Sleight	Yes	Yes	No	[4]
2019	Sweetheart	Yes	Yes	Yes	[18]
2022	Devotion	Yes	No	No	[16]

Television

Year	Title	Episode	Ref.
2019	Two Sentence Horror Stories	"Trilogy: Guilt Trip"	[8]
2020	The Outsider	"Foxhead"	[11]
	The Twilight Zone	"Downtime"	[14]
	Utopia	"Talking Hurts"	[15]

Actor

• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), role: Stormtrooper FN-1226[9]

Music

• Ice on the Dune (2013), directed the trailer for the album only[2]

Accolades

In January 2016, Dillard was nominated at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Awards, in the category "Best of Next!", for his work on Sleight.[19] In February 2018, Dillard received two nominations at the Black Reel Awards of 2018, in the categories "Best Emerging Filmmaker" and "Best First Screenplay", also for his work on Sleight.[20]

References

External links

• J. D. Dillard at IMDb

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