Tina Mabry

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Tina Mabry
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Born (1978-02-09) February 9, 1978 (age 47)
Tupelo, Mississippi, United States
Occupation(s) Director, Screenwriter, Producer

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 . [1] [2] Mabry was named a James Baldwin Fellow in Media by United States Artists.[ citation needed ]

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Early life

Tina Mabry was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1978. [1] After seeing Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry and Gina Prince-Bythewood's Love & Basketball while an undergrad at the University of Mississippi, she determined she had to go into film and moved to Los Angeles. [3] She received her Masters of Fine Arts in Cinema and Television from the University of Southern California.

Personal life

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References

  1. 1 2 "25 NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM". Filmmaker Magazine. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Forty Under 40". The Advocate . 7 April 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Our Diverse 100: Meet Tina Mabry, the director turning negatives into positives". Los Angeles Times. ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  4. ↑ "Mississippi Damned - Crew". Mississippi Damned Official Website. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Outfest Video Interviews: Kimberly Reed, Ashleigh Sumner, Tina Mabry". Pride.com . July 20, 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Anderson, Tre’vell (June 2, 2016). "Our Diverse 100: Meet Tina Mabry, the director turning negatives into positives". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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