Gina PrinceBythewood born Gina Maria Prince on June 10 1969 is an American film director and writer Her primary credits as a director include the films Disappearing Acts and Love Basketball produced by Spike Lee and starring Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathan which won her the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay Bythewood attended UCLAs film school where she also ran competitive track At UCLA she received the Gene Reynolds Scholarship for Directing and the Ray Stark Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduates She graduated in 1991 Along with her friends Mara Brock Akil Sara Finney Johnson and Felicia Henderson also a UCLA graduate she endows The Four Sisters Scholarship She directed The Secret Life of Bees which was adapted from the bestselling book by Sue Monk Kidd It was released by Fox Searchlight in October of 2008 and debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and Urbanworld Film Festival that same year Her husband is Reggie Rock Bythewood also a film director and writer
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