Tina Mabry

Tina Mabry (b. 1978) is an American film writer and director 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[1] and among the 'Top Forty Under 40' by Advocate Magazine.[2] Mabry was named a James Baldwin Fellow in Media by United States Artists.

Early life

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

Career

Mabry began her film career with her short film Brooklyn's 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.

Mabry made her feature film debut in 2009 with Mississippi Damned, which she also wrote and acknowledges draws from her own life.[1][3] She received a film stock grant from Kodak, which enabled her to film it. The film was successful on the festival circuit, winning top prizes at the Chicago International Film Festival, Outfest, American Black Film Festival, and Urbanworld Film Festival.[1] It premiered on Showtime in 2011 and is currently streaming on Netflix courtesy of Ava DuVernay's ARRAY.

Mabry has written and directed two episodes of Futurestates produced by ITVS, including Ant starring Guillermo Diaz.

In 2015, Mabry was hired as a producer and writer on OWN's upcoming series, Queen Sugar, created by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey .

Personal life

She is married to producer, editor, and manager Morgan R. Stiff and resides in Los Angeles, California.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "25 NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Forty Under 40". Advocate.com. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Black Camera. jstor.org. Spring 2011. pp. 130–137 http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2979/blackcamera.2.2.130?sid=21105692489001&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3738032. Retrieved 18 March 2015. Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Mississippi Damned - Crew". Mississippi Damned Official Website. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

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