Gina Prince-Bythewood
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Gina Prince-Bythewood is an African American filmmaker. She studied at UCLA Film School, where she graduated in 1991. Not only has she directed films and TV episodes, she always has written, produced and acted in them as well. Currently, she lives in California with her husband and two sons.
2 - Gina wrote and directed the very popular "Love and Basketball" in 2000, which she premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Other movies, or TV episodes include: Biker Boyz (2003), Felicity-episode-(1998), The Bernie Mac Show-episode- (2001), Disappearing Acts (2000), Friends-episode-(1999), CBS School Break Special "What About Your Friends" (2005), which landed her 2 emmy nominations for writing and directing.
3 - I loved the movie Love and Basketball when it came out and I know that many people were intrigued not only by the main characters relationship, but also because you got to see an inside glimpse of the struggles of a woman basketball player.
WATCH THE TRAILOR FOR LOVE AND BASKETBALL HERE!!!
4 - I found Gina Prince-Bythewood's name off of the website "Sisters of Cinema" from our course blog. I also viewed clips of her videos from IMDb. Today, most of Gina's work is Hollywood, not Independent. For instance her first feature film as a producer was the film "Biker Boyz" (2003), a Dreamworks film, co-written and directed with her husband. However, I was very interested to know that her most highly acclaimed film, Love and Basketball, was premiered at Sundance Film Festival!
5 - Gina Prince-Blythewood was a relatively easy Woman of Color filmmaker to track down. One of the reasons it was easier, though, was because she is not anymore, an independent filmmaker. Instead, she does big budget, Hollywood movies, and TV episodes after the breakthrough success of "Love and Basketball".