501: Award-winning Writer/Director TINA MABRY

501: Award-winning Writer/Director TINA MABRY

Author: Hilliard Guess September 30, 2024 Duration: 1:54:12

In the final episode of the season, Hilliard and guest co-host, veteran actor/writer TONY WINTERS sat down for a 2 hour conversation with award-winning writer/director of the new hit film - Searchlight Pictures THE SUPREMES AT EARL’S ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT - TINA MABRY (also Mississippi Damned, “Queen of the South”, “Pose”, "Queen Sugar", "Women of the Movement", "Insecure") to list a few!
A native of Tupelo, Mississippi, Tina Mabry graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts with an MFA in Film Production. A true hyphenate, Mabry is an award-winning writer, director, and producer for television and film. She was a co-producer, writer, and director for USA’s hit drama "Queen of the South". Mabry was also a producer, writer, and director on OWN’s "Queen Sugar" created by Ava DuVernay.
Mabry’s vast episodic directing credits include “Insecure” (HBO), “Dear White People” (Netflix), “Pose” (FX), “Grand Army” (Netflix), “Women of the Movement” (ABC), “Power” (STARZ), the “Beast Mode” pilot (Macro/TNT), and “The Politician” (Netflix).
Out Magazine listed her as one of the most inspirational and outstanding people of the year (2009), Filmmaker Magazine named Mabry among the “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” the Advocate magazine featured her in their list of “Top Forty Under 40”, and with over 300 nominees and only 50 selected artists, United States Artists named Mabry the James Baldwin Fellow in Media (2010). In addition to winning the Creative Promise Award of Tribeca All Access, Mabry has participated in several talent development programs including the Fox Writers Intensive, Sundance’s Screenwriters Intensive, and in a plethora of Film
Independent’s Artist Development programs (Project: Involve, Directors Lab, Writers Lab, Fast Track) where Mississippi Damned was awarded the Kodak Film Grant. She was also in the inaugural class for Women in Film’s ReFrame Rise initiative (2019), highlighting her commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion in the industry.
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