Known for Directing
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gina Prince-Bythewood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
June 10, 1969 (age 57)
Birthplace
USA
Filmography
19 films, 20 shows
showing 9 of 10 films


The Woman King
2022 · 2h 15m
country: Canada
The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.


The Old Guard
2020 · 2h 5m
country: United States
Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.


Beyond the Lights
2014 · 1h 56m
country: United States
Noni Jean is a hot new rising star. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Can Kaz's love give Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be?


The Secret Life of Bees
2008 · 1h 54m
country: United States
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.


Disappearing Acts
2000 · 1h 55m
country: United States
A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love.


Love & Basketball
2000 · 2h 5m
country: United States
Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.


Bowl of Pork
1998 · 4m
country: Unknown
A man accidentally causes the Rodney King riots.


Progress
1997 · 3m
country: Unknown
Parallels the killing of a Black man in the 1960s by the Ku Klux Klan with the killing of a Black man in the 1990s by a Black gang.


Stitches
1991 · 31m
country: Unknown
Graduate film of Gina Prince-Bythewood.