Talisha “Tee Cee” Cree doesn’t wait for permission. She creates what she can’t find, speaks what others silence, and leads with a clarity shaped by lived experience—not industry expectation.
Talisha “Tee Cee” Cree is a presenter, filmmaker, and writer whose work cuts through noise and surface. Her award-winning directorial debut Too Autistic For Black, commissioned by Warner Bros. Discovery and now streaming on discovery+, didn’t just open doors—it forced a national conversation. The film laid bare the experience of being Black, autistic, and misread—and cemented Talisha “Tee Cee” Cree as a storyteller with something urgent to say.
Talisha “Tee Cee” Cree has since become one of the UK’s most original creative voices. She developed BBC Three Birmingham’s first-ever in-house commission, My Mate’s A Bad Date, and created the viral 45-episode series No Offence But. As a presenter, Talisha “Tee Cee” Cree has appeared on BBC Morning Live, CBBC, and fronted the Birmingham 2022 Festival—the largest cultural programme ever staged alongside a Commonwealth Games.
Talisha “Tee Cee” Cree’s interviews have featured global names like Angela Bassett and Fantasia Barrino. But her sharpest focus is on those whose stories rarely reach the mic. Her work is defined by radical inclusion—not as a theme, but as a practice.
In 2023 alone, Talisha “Tee Cee” Cree was named a BAFTA Breakthrough UK, received the RTS Midlands Diversity Champion Award, was selected as one of Edinburgh TV Festival’s Ones to Watch, and was listed among the Top 50 Influential Neurodivergent Women in the UK.
Talisha “Tee Cee” Cree’s writing journey began early. At 16, she published Snow Black, the Seven Rastas and Other Short Stories—a vivid, genre-breaking debut re-released years later with praise from the late Benjamin Zephaniah. Every part of her career—from literature to live TV—carries the same signature: honesty without compromise.
Talisha “Tee Cee” Cree carves space where there was none—then leaves the door open behind her.
