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Gina Prince-Bythewood is an American film director and screenwriter, known for Love & Basketball, The Secret Life of Bees, and The Old Guard. She is the first black woman to direct a major comic-book film and the first mixed race woman to make a comic-book film.
Sep 17, 2022 · The filmmaker talks about her 25-year fight to make a movie about female warriors in West Africa, and how she incorporated real-life history and culture into the action. She also reveals how she worked with Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, and Terence Blanchard to create a Braveheart-esque drama.
Gina Prince-Bythewood. Writer: Love & Basketball. Gina Prince-Bythewood (Writer/Producer/Director) studied at UCLA Film School, where she received the Gene Reynolds Scholarship for Directing and the Ray Stark Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduate.
Aug 5, 2020 · Writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood says, “It’s literally been 20 years that I’ve been told this over and over again.” But Prince-Bythewood’s latest film, The Old Guard, has had a global...
Sep 19, 2022 · The filmmaker talks about her personal connection to the historical epic, her collaboration with Viola Davis, and her career as a genre-spanning director. She also reveals how she drew on her own experience as an adoptee and her expertise in fight scenes to bring the story to life.
Apr 20, 2023 · Interviews by Kate Guadagnino. April 20, 2023. Gina Prince-Bythewood: When Thuso first auditioned for “ The Woman King ,” I thought, “This is Nawi” [one of the film’s leads, a warrior in...
Jul 10, 2020 · Gina Prince-Bythewood Made a Summer Blockbuster. It’s About Time. With “The Old Guard” on Netflix, the director of “Love & Basketball” becomes the first Black woman to make a comic-book film: “We...
