Tina Mabry
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. Mabry was named a James Baldwin Fellow in Media by United States Artists.
Tina Mabry

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- Name
- Tina Mabry
- Born
- 9 February 1978
- Birthplace
- Tupelo, Mississippi, United States
- Occupation
- Director, Screenwriter, Producer
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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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. Mabry was named a James Baldwin Fellow in Media by United States Artists.
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• Name — Tina Mabry • Born — 9 February 1978 • Birthplace — Tupelo, Mississippi, United States • Occupation — Director, Screenwriter, Producer
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Tina Mabry was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1978. 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. She received her Masters of Fine Arts in Cinema and Television from the University of Southern California.
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- 1.Mississippi Damned - Crew. Mississippi Damned Official Website.
- 2.25 NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM. Filmmaker Magazine. 7 December 2012.
- 3.Forty Under 40. The Advocate. 7 April 2010.
- 4.Anderson, Tre’vell. Our Diverse 100: Meet Tina Mabry, the director turning negatives into positives. Los Angeles Times. June 2, 2016.
- 5.Outfest Video Interviews: Kimberly Reed, Ashleigh Sumner, Tina Mabry. Pride.com. July 20, 2009.
- 6.Our Diverse 100: Meet Tina Mabry, the director turning negatives into positives. Los Angeles Times. 0458-3035.
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