Actor

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Directing

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Acting credits

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Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

2.0

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Movies: 16Series: 11Crew credits: 24

TMDB ID: 71947

IMDb ID: nm0697656

Known for: Directing

Born: June 10, 1969

Age: 56

Place of birth: USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1987 - 2027

Years active: 41

Average TMDB rating: 6.88

Wikidata: Q3106705

Also known as

Cee Marcellus • Gina Maria Prince

Other jobs

Director (14)Writer (5)Producer (2)Screenplay (2)Executive Producer (1)

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Biography

Gina Maria Prince-Bythewood (born June 10, 1969) is an American film director and screenwriter. She began her career as a writer for multiple television shows in the 1990s, including the anthology series CBS Schoolbreak Special, for which she was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards. Prince-Bythewood made her feature film directorial debut with Love & Basketball (2000), for which she received an Independent Spirit Award. Her other works include Disappearing Acts (2000), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), and Beyond the Lights (2014). She became the first black woman to direct a major comic-book film The Old Guard (2020). Prince-Bythewood earned nominations for Best Director at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards and the British Academy Film Awards for The Woman King (2022).