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Gina Prince-Bythewood

Writer | Producer | Director

Gina Prince-Bythewood wrote and directed the widely acclaimed feature film Love & Basketball which premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. She won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First ... read full biography

Known for Shots Fired (2017), Love & Basketball (2000), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), Beyond the Lights (2014)

Details

Jun 10, 1969 (age 51)

External links

@gpbmadeit (twitter.com) | 2 official web sites & 2 more links

Images (18)

Still of Gina Prince-Bythewood, Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne in The Old Guard

Still of Gina Prince-Bythewood in Half the Picture

Still of Gina Prince-Bythewood, Nate Parker and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beyond the Lights

Still of Gina Prince-Bythewood in Beyond the Lights

Still of Gina Prince-Bythewood and Nate Parker in Beyond the Lights

Still of Gina Prince-Bythewood in The Secret Life of Bees

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Awards

11 wins & 14 nominations

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Filmography

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45 titles

Projects in Development (3 titles)	Budget	Status
An Untamed State Director, Producer Director, Producer See fewer		Script
Supremes Writer Writer See fewer		Pitch
The Woman King Director Director See fewer		Pre-Prod

Television in Production (1 title)	Episodes	Status
Women of the Movement (2021) (TV Series) - Director (1 episode, 2021), Executive Producer (1 episode, 2021) Director (1 episode, 2021), Executive Producer (1 episode, 2021) See fewer Post-Prod Episode #1.1 (2021) Season 1, Episode 1 - Director, Executive Producer Director, Executive Producer See fewer	1	Optioned

Past Film & Video (16 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
The Golden Girls: Reimagined (2020) (Short) - Director Director See fewer
The Old Guard (2020) Director Director See fewer
Queen & Slim (2019) Filmmakers Wish To Thank Filmmakers Wish To Thank See fewer	$18MM	$12MM	$44MM	$48MM
Great Performers: L.A. Noir (2016) (Video) - Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
Beyond the Lights (2014) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer	$7MM	$6.2MM	$15MM	$15MM
A Fighting Man (2012) (Short) - The Producers Wish To Thank The Producers Wish To Thank See fewer	$50K
I Will Follow (2010) Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer	$50K	$56K	$136K	$136K
The Secret Life of Bees (2008) Director, Writer (screenplay) Director, Writer (screenplay) See fewer	$11MM	$11MM	$38MM	$40MM
This Is the Life (2008) Thanks Thanks See fewer
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006) The Producers Wish To Thank The Producers Wish To Thank See fewer		$31K	$307K	$347K
Biker Boyz (2003) Producer Producer See fewer	$24MM	$10MM	$22MM	$24MM
Love & Basketball (2000) Diving Basketball Player (uncredited), Director, Writer Diving Basketball Player (uncredited), Director, Writer See fewer	$20MM	$8.1MM	$27MM	$28MM
Bowl of Pork (1997) (Short) - Director (as Gina Prince) Director (as Gina Prince) See fewer
Damn Whitey (1997) (Short) - Director (as Gina Prince), Writer Director (as Gina Prince), Writer See fewer
Progress (1997) (Short) - Director (as Gina Prince) Director (as Gina Prince) See fewer
Stitches (1991) (Short) - Director (as Gina Prince), Writer (as Gina Prince) Director (as Gina Prince), Writer (as Gina Prince) See fewer

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Past Television (14 titles)	Episodes
Cloak & Dagger (2018) (TV Series) - Director (1 episode, 2018), Executive Producer (1 episode, 2018) Director (1 episode, 2018), Executive Producer (1 episode, 2018) See fewer First Light (Jun 7, 2018) Season 1, Episode 1 - Director, Executive Producer Director, Executive Producer See fewer	1
Shots Fired (2017) (TV Series) - Writer (created by) (10 episodes, 2017), Executive Producer (10 episodes, 2017), Director (2 episodes, 2017), Writer (1 episode, 2017), Writer (teleplay by) (1 episode, 2017), Writer (story by) (1 episode, 2017) Writer (created by) (10 episodes, 2017), Executive Producer (10 episodes, 2017), Director (2 episodes, 2017), Writer (1 episode, 2017), Writer (teleplay by) (1 episode, 2017), Writer (story by) (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Hour Ten: Last Dance (May 24, 2017) Season 1, Episode 10 - Executive Producer, Writer (created by) Executive Producer, Writer (created by) See fewer See more See fewer Loading	10
Daddy's Girl (2007) (TV Movie) - Producer Producer See fewer
Reflections (2007) (TV Short) - Director, Co-Producer, Script Development, Writer Director, Co-Producer, Script Development, Writer See fewer
Everybody Hates Chris (2005) (TV Series) - Director (1 episode, 2005) Director (1 episode, 2005) See fewer Everybody Hates the Laundromat (Nov 10, 2005) Season 1, Episode 8 - Director Director See fewer	1
Girlfriends (2005) (TV Series) - Director (2 episodes, 2005) Director (2 episodes, 2005) See fewer Odds & Ends (Sep 26, 2005) Season 6, Episode 2 - Director Director See fewer Fits & Starts (Sep 19, 2005) Season 6, Episode 1 - Director Director See fewer	2
The Bernie Mac Show (2003) (TV Series) - Director (1 episode, 2003) Director (1 episode, 2003) See fewer Magic Jordan (Feb 12, 2003) Season 2, Episode 12 - Director Director See fewer	1
Disappearing Acts (2000) (TV Movie) - Director Director See fewer
Felicity (1998–1999) (TV Series) - Consulting Producer (8 episodes, 1998), Writer (1 episode, 1999) Consulting Producer (8 episodes, 1998), Writer (1 episode, 1999) See fewer Friends (Jan 26, 1999) Season 1, Episode 12 - Writer Writer See fewer See more See fewer Loading	9
Courthouse (1995) (TV Series) - Co-Producer, Writer (two episodes) Co-Producer, Writer (two episodes) See fewer
CBS Schoolbreak Special (1995) (TV Series) - Writer (1 episode, 1995), Director (1 episode, 1995) Writer (1 episode, 1995), Director (1 episode, 1995) See fewer What About Your Friends (Jan 24, 1995) Season 12, Episode 3 - Director (as Gina Prince), Writer (as Gina Prince) Director (as Gina Prince), Writer (as Gina Prince) See fewer	1
Sweet Justice (1994–1995) (TV Series) - Writer Writer See fewer
South Central (1994) (TV Series) - Story Editor (7 episodes, 1994), Executive Story Editor (2 episodes, 1994), Writer (1 episode, 1994) Story Editor (7 episodes, 1994), Executive Story Editor (2 episodes, 1994), Writer (1 episode, 1994) See fewer Date (Jun 7, 1994) Season 1, Episode 10 - Executive Story Editor (as Gina Prince) Executive Story Editor (as Gina Prince) See fewer See more See fewer Loading	9
A Different World (1992–1993) (TV Series) - Writer (4 episodes, 1992) Writer (4 episodes, 1992) See fewer College Kid (Jul 10, 1993) Season 6, Episode 23 - Writer (as Gina Prince) Writer (as Gina Prince) See fewer See more See fewer Loading	4

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Self (11 titles)
Hollywood First Look Features (2020) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2020) Self (1 episode, 2020) See fewer Episode #2.57 (Jul 17, 2020) Season 2, Episode 57 - Self Self See fewer
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (2018) (TV Mini-series) - Self - Director and Screenwriter (2 episodes, 2018) Self - Director and Screenwriter (2 episodes, 2018) See fewer Black is the New Hollywood (Feb 5, 2020) Season 1, Episode 3 - Self - Director and Screenwriter Self - Director and Screenwriter See fewer Black Film Is Not a Genre (Feb 5, 2020) Season 1, Episode 2 - Self - Director and Screenwriter Self - Director and Screenwriter See fewer
Half the Picture (2018) Self Self See fewer
GeekRockTV (2018) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2018) Self (1 episode, 2018) See fewer WonderCon Anahiem 2018 - (Highlights) (Mar 25, 2018) Season 9, Episode 1 - Self Self See fewer
Black Girls Rock! 2017 (2017) (TV Special) - Self Self See fewer
Steve Harvey (2017) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2017) Self (1 episode, 2017) See fewer The Godfather of Daytime Talk, Maury Povich!/Maury and Steve Help a Young Woman (Apr 19, 2017) Season 5, Episode 137 - Self Self See fewer
FOLCS Conversations (2017) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2017) Self (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Shots Fired: Screening and Conversation (Mar 8, 2017) Self Self See fewer
Last Week (2017) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2017) Self (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Last Week I Snuggled Puppers (Jan 30, 2017) Season 1, Episode 44 - Self Self See fewer
Tavis Smiley (2014) (TV Series) - Self - Guest (1 episode, 2014) Self - Guest (1 episode, 2014) See fewer Episode dated 21 November 2014 (Nov 21, 2014) Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer
Made in Hollywood (2014) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2014) Self (1 episode, 2014) See fewer Episode #10.8 (Nov 15, 2014) Season 10, Episode 8 - Self Self See fewer
The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2001) (TV Special) - Self Self See fewer

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