Gina Prince-Bythewood Biography
Gina Prince-Bythewood is a screenwriter and film director from the United States. She directed Love & Basketball, Disappearing Acts, The Secret Life of Bees, Beyond the Lights, and The Old Guard, among other films.
How old is Gina Prince-Bythewood? – Age
She is 52 years old as of 10 June 2021. She was born in 1969 in the United States.
Gina Prince-Bythewood Family
When Bythewood was three weeks old, she was adopted by Bob Prince, a computer programmer, and Maria Prince, a nurse. Her adoptive father is white, while her adoptive mother is Salvadorian and German. She grew up in Pacific Grove, California, in a white middle-class community. Her adoptive family has given her four siblings.
Is Gina Prince Bythewood married? – Wife
Prince married Reggie Rock Bythewood, a film director and writer, in 1998. They met on the writing team of A Different World. They have two children; Cassius and Toussaint and the family live in Southern California.
What is Gina Prince-Bythewood Net Worth?
Gina has an estimated net worth of $4 Million.
Gina Prince-Bythewood Education
Prince-Bythewood attended Pacific Grove High School and graduated in 1987. She was a competitive track athlete while attending UCLA’s film school. She was awarded the Gene Reynolds Directing Scholarship and the Ray Stark Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduates at UCLA. She received her diploma in 1991.
Gina Prince-Bythewood Career
Prince-Bythewood created her debut film, Love & Basketball, in 2000, after five years working as a writer on shows including A Different World and South Central. She directed the feature film The Secret Life of Bees, which was based on Sue Monk Kidd’s best-selling book. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Urbanworld Film Festival in October 2008 and was released by Fox Searchlight. Beyond the Lights, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, was directed by Prince-Bythewood in 2014. The film is inspired by Nina Simone’s song “Blackbird,” which appears on her album Nina Simone with Strings. The film’s core crew members, including costume designer Sandra Hernandez and production designer Cec, were all women.
Costume designer Sandra Hernandez, production designer Cecilia Montiel, cinematographer Tami Reiker, and editor Teri Shropshire were all female members of the film’s essential team. Laurieann Gibson (Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj), hairstylist Kimberly Kimble (Beyoncé), and song producer The-Dream were among the other collaborators. Silver & Black, a film based on Marvel Comics characters Silver Sable and Black Cat, was touted as Prince-directorial Bythewood’s debut in 2017. She is now directing the TriStar Pictures epic The Woman King, which is based on true events in the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of Africa’s most powerful empires in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Silver & Black, a film based on Marvel Comics characters Silver Sable and Black Cat, was touted as Prince-directorial Bythewood’s debut in 2017. She is now directing the TriStar Pictures epic The Woman King, which is based on true events in the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of Africa’s most powerful empires in the 18th and 19th centuries. She will join Director Jeffrey W. Byrd as Co-Chair of the Directors Guild of America African American Steering Committee (AASC) in March 2021.
Gina Prince-Bythewood Movies
♦ 2000 – Love & Basketball
♦ 2008 – The Secret Life of Bees
♦ 2014 – Beyond the Lights
♦ 2017 – Before I Fall
♦ 2018 – Nappily Ever After
♦ 2020 – The Old Guard
Gina Prince-Bythewood TV Shows
♦ 1992–1993 – A Different World
♦ 1994 – South Central
♦ 1995 – Courthouse
♦ 1998 – Felicity
♦ 1998–1999 – Felicity
♦ 2003 – The Bernie Mac Show
♦ 2005 – Girlfriends
♦ 2017 – Cloak & Dagger
♦ 1995 – What About Your Friends
♦ 2000 – Disappearing Acts
