Gina Prince-Bythewood | |
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.jpg) Prince-Bythewood in 2018 | |
| Born | Gina Maria Prince June 10, 1969 |
| Education | UCLA |
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| Known for | Love & Basketball The Secret Life of Bees Beyond the Lights The Woman King |
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| Children | 2 |
Gina Maria Prince-Bythewood (born June 10, 1969)[1] is an American film director and screenwriter.[2] She began her career as a writer for multiple television shows in the 1990s, including the anthology series CBS Schoolbreak Special, for which she was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards. Prince-Bythewood made her feature film directorial debut with Love & Basketball (2000), for which she received an Independent Spirit Award.
Her other works include Disappearing Acts (2000), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), and Beyond the Lights (2014). She became the first black woman to direct a major comic-book film The Old Guard (2020). Prince-Bythewood earned nominations for Best Director at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards and the British Academy Film Awards for The Woman King (2022).
- ^ "Gina Maria Prince". United States Public Records 1970-2009. Retrieved November 25, 2014 – via FamilySearch.
- ^ Seymour, Gene (9 January 2009). "Black Directors Look Beyond Their Niche". The New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2014.