Gina Prince-Bythewood

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1969-06-10 (55 years old)

Place of Birth USA

Also Known As Cee Marcellus, Gina Maria Prince

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Biography

Gina Prince-Bythewood (born Gina Maria Prince on June 10, 1969) is an American film director and writer. Her primary credits as a director include the films Disappearing Acts and Love & Basketball, produced by Spike Lee and starring Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathan, which won her the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. 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, Sara Finney Johnson and Felicia Henderson (also a UCLA graduate), she endows The Four Sisters Scholarship. She directed The Secret Life of Bees which was adapted from the best-selling book by Sue Monk Kidd. 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, also a film director and writer.

Known For

Director

An Untamed State

as Director

2022
The Woman King

as Director

2022
2020
The Old Guard

as Director

2018
2017
Shots Fired

as Director

2014
Beyond the Lights

as Director

2008
2005
2001
2000
Love & Basketball

as Director

2000
Disappearing Acts

as Director

2000
Girlfriends

as Director

1998
Bowl of Pork

as Director

1997
Progress

as Director

1991
Stitches

as Director

Writer

2018
2017
Before I Fall

as Screenplay

2017
Shots Fired

as Writer

2014
2008
2000
1998
Felicity

as Writer

1994
South Central

as Writer

1987

Producer

An Untamed State

as Producer

The Old Guard 2

as Producer

2023
Project Greenlight

as Executive Producer

2022
Women of the Movement

as Executive Producer

2017
Shots Fired

as Executive Producer

2003
Biker Boyz

as Producer

Actor

2023
2018

Creator

2017
Shots Fired

as Creator