
Directing
Tina Mabry
Born 1978-02-09 · Tupelo, Mississippi, USA
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 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. In 2015, Mabry was hired as a producer, writer, and director on the OWN series Queen Sugar, created by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey.
Acting credits
6.6At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.
Half the Picture
2018
6.8Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history of black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
3.3Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insights, questions, and anecdotes about the place of women in Hollywood.
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016
Behind the camera
6.7Three lifelong best friends known as “The Supremes” share the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood from decades of weathering life’s storms. Through the joys and sorrows of life, marriage and children, happiness and blues, love and loss, new shades of heartbreak and illness threaten to stir up the past when the trio sees their bond put to the test as they face their most challenging times yet.
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
6.7Three lifelong best friends known as “The Supremes” share the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood from decades of weathering life’s storms. Through the joys and sorrows of life, marriage and children, happiness and blues, love and loss, new shades of heartbreak and illness threaten to stir up the past when the trio sees their bond put to the test as they face their most challenging times yet.
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
5.3Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.
Mississippi Damned
2009
5.3Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.
Mississippi Damned
2009
5.5High School grad and all American gal, Anna, finds her purpose and herself after she hooks up with the radical feminists in The Itty Bitty Titty Committee.
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
2007
7.8Set in Detroit during the Civil Rights Movement, "An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win" examines the joyful life and troubled times of an irrepressible 10-year-old African-American girl whose vivid imagination and creativity reinforce her optimism. When shocking national events threaten her sense of security, Melody must find inner strength to restore her hope for a better world.
An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win
2016
7.8Set in Detroit during the Civil Rights Movement, "An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win" examines the joyful life and troubled times of an irrepressible 10-year-old African-American girl whose vivid imagination and creativity reinforce her optimism. When shocking national events threaten her sense of security, Melody must find inner strength to restore her hope for a better world.
An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win
2016
A struggling mother must decide whether to sell her own organs to give her children a better education.
Crossover
2012
Fimmaker Tina Mabry's short drama about a woman who loses her life partner in a tragic accident, then must rebuild her fractured relationship with her estranged teenage son.
Brooklyn's Bridge to Jordan
2005