Question: Who directed the 2017 period drama Mudbound, based on a novel by Hillary Jordan?
Context: Manto is an upcoming Indian biographical historical period drama film, written and directed by Nandita Das.  The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the title character of Indo-Pakistani author, writer Saadat Hasan Manto.  Rasika Duggal plays the role of Manto's wife named Safiah.  Rajshri Deshpande plays the role of Ismat Chughtai, Rishi Kapoor also plays a minor role in the film.  "Manto" is based on the 1940's post-Independence period of India.  The poster of the film was unveiled at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.  Das made a short film titled "In Defence of Freedom", also starring Nawazuddin in the main role, and was released on YouTube on 23 March 2017.  It was made as a prelude to the feature film. Dee Rees is an American screenwriter and director best known for her feature films "Pariah", "Bessie" and "Mudbound". Mudbound is a 2017 period drama film directed by Dee Rees, with a script written by Virgil Williams based on the novel "Mudbound" by Hillary Jordan.  It stars Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell and Mary J. Blige.  It premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2017.  It premieres on Netflix and in theaters on November 17, 2017. When She Woke is the second novel by American author Hillary Jordan, published in October 2011.  It has been translated into French, Spanish, Turkish, German, Portuguese and Chinese.  The novel is a dystopian reimagining of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter", set in a future theocratic America where rather than being imprisoned and rehabilitated, criminals are punished by being "chromed" – having their skin color genetically altered to fit their crime – and released into the general population to survive as best they can. Benjamin "Ben" Rosenfield (born August 1, 1992) is an American actor and musician, perhaps best known for playing Willie Thompson on the fourth and fifth seasons of HBO's period crime drama series "Boardwalk Empire" (2013–2014).  He has starred as Tommie Scheel in the documentary film "Teenage" (2013), Henry Ellis in the musical drama "Song One" (2014), Fisher Miller in the teen drama "Affluenza" (2014), Dan Mercer in the romantic drama "6 Years" (2015), and Bertram Flusser in the period drama "Indignation" (2016).  In 2017, he portrayed Sam Colby in the third season of "Twin Peaks". Mudbound is the debut novel by American author Hillary Jordan published in March 2008.  It has been translated into French, Italian, Serbian, Norwegian, Swedish and Turkish and has sold more than 250,000 copies worldwide.  The novel took Jordan seven years to write.  She started it while studying for an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. Age of Glory () is a Chinese drama series which co-produce by Double Vision and ntv7.  It was telecast on every Monday to Thursday, at 9.45 pm on Malaysia's ntv7 channel.  This period drama was set in the early years of the independence of Malaysia.  The cast in this series are renowned artists such as Debbie Goh who was based on TVB in Hong Kong, together with ntv7's reporters, Danielle Dai and Aenie Wong.  Also, guest appearance by Janet Khoo.  This is the first time director James Lee leads Chinese drama series and a period drama genre.  It was the highest rated drama series in 2008. Hillary Jordan is an American novelist.  She grew up in Dallas and Muskogee, Oklahoma and now lives in Brooklyn.  She received a BA from Wellesley College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University.  and has written two novels, "Mudbound" (2008) and "When She Woke" (2011) and also a digital short story called "Aftermirth".  She is currently working on her third novel, a sequel to "Mudbound". Hostiles is a 2017 period drama film directed by Scott Cooper.  It stars Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Adam Beach, Ben Foster, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, and Q'orianka Kilcher. Iti Srikanta (English title: Your Truly, Srikanta) is a 2004 Bengali period drama film directed by Anjan Das.  This film is based on novelist Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel, "Srikanta" (1917) In an interview in 2005, Das, director of the film, told about his depiction of the character Srikanta– "Several films have been made on Srikanta but all these had mainly dealt with specific chapters from Srikanta, the novel.  I wanted to present the complete man — his inner conflict and turmoil over the two women in his life, torn between a baiji and a vaishnavi".  He also felt, the crisis felt by Srikanta as shown in Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel are still relevant.
Answer: Dee Rees