Gina Prince-Bythewood is an American

United States

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 film director

Film director

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 and writer

Screenwriter

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. Her primary credits as a director include the films Disappearing Acts

Disappearing Acts

Disappearing Acts is a 2000 romantic drama, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, and stars Sanaa Lathan, Wesley Snipes, and Regina Hall. The film is an adaptation of the New York Times best-selling novel Disappearing Acts, by Terry McMillan....

and Love & Basketball

Love & Basketball (film)

Love & Basketball is a 2000 American romantic drama film, written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. This film stars Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathan...

, produced by Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983....

 and starring Omar Epps

Omar Epps

Omar Hashim Epps is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His film roles include Major League II, Juice, Higher Learning, Scream 2, The Wood, In Too Deep, and Love and Basketball. Epps' television work includes the role of Dr. Dennis Gant on the US medical drama series ER,...

 and Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa McCoy Lathan is an American actress and voice actress. She has starred in numerous movies, including the box-office hits Love & Basketball, Alien vs. Predator, Something New, and The Family That Preys. Lathan was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance on Broadway in A Raisin in the Sun...

, which won her the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay

Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay

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.

Bythewood attended UCLA's film school, where she also ran competitive track. At UCLA, she received the Gene Reynolds Scholarship for Directing and the Ray Stark Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduates. She graduated in 1991. Along with her friends Mara Brock Akil

Mara Brock Akil

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, Sara Finney Johnson and Felicia Henderson (also a UCLA graduate), she endows The Four Sisters Scholarship.

She directed The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees

This is about the 2002 Sue Monk Kidd novel. For the 2008 film, see Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees is a 2002 historical novel by American author Sue Monk Kidd. It received much critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller...

which was adapted from the best-selling book by Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd is a writer from the Southern United States, best known for her novel, The Secret Life of Bees.- Biography :Kidd, who was born in Sylvester, Georgia, graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.S...

. It was released by Fox Searchlight in October of 2008, and debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and Urbanworld Film Festival that same year.

Her husband is Reggie Rock Bythewood

Reggie Rock Bythewood

Reggie Rock Bythewood in The Bronx, New York City, New York, is a film director, writer, actor and producer. His credits include serving as the writer for Spike Lee's Get on the Bus, the writer/director for Biker Boyz starring Derek Luke and Laurence Fishburne, and the writer/director/producer for...

, also a film director and writer.

Writing credits

• The Secret Life of Bees
  The Secret Life of Bees
  This is about the 2002 Sue Monk Kidd novel. For the 2008 film, see Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees is a 2002 historical novel by American author Sue Monk Kidd. It received much critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller...
  
  
• Reflections
  Reflections
  Reflections may refer to:*Reflections, Lubbock Christian University's alumni publication*Reflections , a British drama film*Reflections , a Yugoslavian film*Reflections , a British documentary film...
  
  
• Love & Basketball
• Felicity
• Damn Whitey
• Courthouse
  Courthouse
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• CBS Schoolbreak Special
  CBS Schoolbreak Special
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  : What About Your Friends (as Gina Prince)
• Sweet Justice
  Sweet Justice
  Sweet Justice is an American legal drama television series starring Cicely Tyson and Melissa Gilbert. The hour-long series ran from September 15, 1994 to April 22, 1995 on NBC.-Premise:...
  
  
• South Central
  South Central (TV series)
  South Central is an American comedy-drama series that aired on the Fox network from April 5, 1994 to June 7, 1994. It was cancelled following its first season, and the airing of only 10 episodes.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• A Different World
• Stitches

Producing Credits

Biker Boyz

Biker Boyz

Biker Boyz is a 2003 film about a group of underground motorcycle drag racers. It stars Laurence Fishburne, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Luke, Meagan Good, and Larenz Tate and is written and directed by Reggie Rock Bythewood...

(2003)

External links

Bibliography

• “At The Movies”. Rosenblum, Nancy. Lesbian News. June 2000, Vol. 25 Issue II, p42

• “Sundance Sorority”. Corliss, Richard. Time. 2000 June 14. Vol 155 Issue 3, p68

• www.imdb.com/name/nm0697656/bio

• www.tft.ucla.edu/profiles/social/gina-prince-bythewood/