Gina Prince-Bythewood

...to it, The Secret Life of Bees emotes mightily but says precious little. There's something too perfect and precious about writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood's adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's bestseller, about a 14-year-old girl named...

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...at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Saturday, August 29 at 10 a.m. The ceremony will be limited to family and close friends. *Director Gina Prince Bythewood is among the list of finalists for the 2009 Humanitas prizes, which recognizes...

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...to the bargaining table and both parties worked out a deal. ITTY BITTY BITS: MJ/Ed Hardy clothing line revealed; more MJ burial details; Bythewood among Humanitas finalists. *The clothing line that was being developed by Michael...

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Prince-Bythewood at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival Gina Prince-Bythewood (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...

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...series of panels and events that make up the festival's parallel screenwriters conference. Lawrence Kasdan, Damon Lindelof, Richard Linklater, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Melissa Rosenberg, Matthew Weiner, Doug Ellin, Mike White, Jessica...

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*Director Gina Prince-Bythewood, whose last work was "The Secret Life of Bees," will be named Filmmaker of the Year by her alma mater UCLA, reports Variety. The alumnus will receive the honor as part of the annual Directors Spotlight, a...

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9 other Directors Spotlight students get screenings Film director and UCLA alumna Gina Prince-Bythewood will be honored as UCLA Filmmaker of the Year on Thursday at the Mann Bruin Theater in Westwood when UCLA's School of Theater, Film...

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...otherwise, seems a little abashed that the movie, in the end, has to be all about her. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood; written by Ms. Prince-Bythewood, based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd; director of photography, Rogier Stoffers;...

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RUNAWAYS: Lily (Dakota Fanning) and Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson) stay with three sisters in the 1964 South. MOVIES Gina Prince-Bythewood adapts and directs 'The Secret Life of Bees' The director first dismissed 'Bees,' only to later...

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...of her imagination; it dominates her waking thoughts, it leaps through her dreams, and she's never happier than when she's on the court, even though she's solidly entrenched in middle-class prosperity. The game isn't a way out for her;...

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