Gina Prince-Bythewood
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Gina Prince-Bythewood (born Gina Maria Prince; born June 10, 1969) is an American film director and screenwriter.
She is best known for directing and producing the films Disappearing Acts (2000), Love & Basketball (2000), The Unknown Life of Bees (2008), and Beyond the Lights (2014).
Early life
Prince-Bythewood was born in Los Angeles, California, and was adopted by Bob Prince, a computer programmer, and Maria Prince, a nurse, when she was 3 weeks old. Her adoptive father is white, and her adoptive mother is of Salvadoran and German descent. She grew up in Pacific Grove, California, in a middle-class neighborhood. She has four siblings through her adoptive family.
Prince-Bythewood graduated from Pacific Grove High School in 1987. She attended UCLA's film school, where she also competed in track. She received the Gene Reynolds Scholarship for Directing and the Ray Stark Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduates at UCLA. She joined the school in 1991 and spent a year in the United States.
Around 2014, she sought out her birth mother, but it was "not a positive experience." Her birth mother, who is white, gave her up for adoption because her family was aware her child will be multiracial and they wanted her to have an abortion.
Personal life
Prince-Bythewood married writer Reggie Rock Bythewood, who worked on A Different World's writing staff in 1998. Cassius and Toussaint have two sons and live in Southern California.
The Four Sisters Scholarship is awarded to Prince-Bythewood alongside friends Mara Brock Akil, Sara Finney Johnson, and Felicia D. Henderson.
Career
Prince-Bythewood directed her first film, 2000's Love & Basketball, after five years spent as a writer on television shows like A Different World and South Central. The film was based on Prince-Bythewood's personal life and her growing up. It was developed in the Sundance Institute's directing and writing lab. The film received 12 awards and was nominated for three others. At the Black Reel Awards, it was named Best Film and Best Film Poster, as well as Best First Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards. The film also grossed $27.7 million internationally, making it the country's ninth most popular basketball film at the time.
She produced The Secret Life of Bees, a film based on Sue Monk Kidd's best-selling book. It was first announced by Fox Searchlight in October 2008 and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and Urbanworld Film Festival the same year.
Prince-Bythewood directed Beyond the Lights, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw in 2014. Prince-Bythewood began filming in 2007, shortly after work on 2008's The Secret Life of Bees was complete, but she stalled when Sony, the original production company, decided against casting Mbatha-Raw. At the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, the film premiered.
Beyond the Lights, originally called Blackbird, is based on Nina Simone's "Blackbird" from the album Nina Simone with Strings. "That song really inspired the movie and inspired Noni's story," Prince-Bythewood said. The main character's tale was loosely influenced by Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland's lives. Prince-Bythewood also stated that the film is full of serious personal issues, some resulting from her own adoption and a traumatic encounter with her birth mother. Prince-Bythewood did research with the help of a number of artists, including Alicia Keys. An experience of hearing Keys perform the song "Diary" inspired the tale. Elements of the film, particularly the sexualization of female pop stars, function as a "critical analysis of American media culture." The film was shot in 29 days and cost $7 million. All of the film's key crew members were women, including costume designer Sandra Hernandez, production designer Cecilia Montiel, cinematographer Tami Reiker, and editor Teri Shropshire. Laurieann Gibson (Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj), hairstylist Kimberly Kimble (Beyoncé), and record producer The-Dream were among others.
Prince-Bythewood's next project, according to the artist, will be a recreation of Roxane Gay's book An Untamed State. Gus Mbatha-Raw will co-write the book and Gay will write it, and will be co-written by herself and Gay, and Gus Mbatha-Raw will star Guguish.
Prince-Bythewood and her partner Reggie Rock Bythewood co-created the Fox show Shots Fired in 2017. Prince-Bythewood was announced as the artistic director of Silver & Black, a film based on Marvel Comics characters Silver Sable and Black Cat later this year.
Before I Fall, Lauren Oliver's screenplay was written for the movie version of the book Before I Fall. Since its launch date (January 21, 2017), the film earned $22,498,674 worldwide box office by March 2017. Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne appear in Greg Rucka's The Old Guard film version for Netflix, starring Greg Rucka and KiKi Layne. She is the first mixed race woman to produce a comic book book film.
She and her husband signed a Touchstone Television contract in 2020 to produce their film under the name "Undisputed Cinema."
Prince-Bythewood produced The Woman King, a film based on true events that occurred in Dahomey, one of Africa's most influential states in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Woman King, Nanisca Davis, general of the French and neighboring tribes who enslaved their people and threatened to destroy everything they've lived for, is the story of the Woman King, inspired by true events. She also filmed the first episode of ABC's Women of the Movement.
Prince-Bythewood assumed a new role as Co-Chair of the Directors Guild of America's African American Steering Committee in March 2021 (AASC). Prince-Bythewood, as well as Director Jeffrey W. Byrd, will be meeting the African American members of the Guild's needs, including job creation and career advancement in this new role. Prince-Bythewood's involvement in other initiatives had no influence on The Old Guard 2 and would be replaced by Victoria Mahoney on August 26. Prince-Bythewood will continue as the film's producer.