Tina Mabry

Tina Mabry born February 9 1978 is an American film director and screenwriter from Tupelo Mississippi Following the release of her first feature film Mississippi Damned 2009 she was named one of 25 New Faces of Indie Film by Filmmaker magazine and among the Top Forty Under 40 by The Advocate Mabry began her film career with her short film Brooklyns Bridge to Jordan 2005 In 2007 she penned the film Itty Bitty Titty Committee The film was directed by Jamie Babbit and premiered at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival In 2015 Mabry was hired as a producer writer and director on the OWN series Queen Sugar created by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey