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  <title>HBS 020 REGGIE ROCK BYTHEWOOD – PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, WRITER &amp;amp; ACTOR</title>
  <description>REGGIE ROCK BYTHEWOOD &amp;amp;ndash; PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, WRITER &amp;amp;amp; ACTOR &amp;amp;ndash; BEYOND THE LIGHTS, NOTORIOUS AND GUN HILL&#13;
Reggie Rock Bythewood &amp;amp;ndash; is an American film director, writer, actor, and producer.Producing credits: Beyond the Lights (2014)&#13;
Writing credits:&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
A Different World (1992&amp;amp;ndash;1993);&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Get on the Bus (1996);&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
New York Undercover (1994&amp;amp;ndash;1997);&#13;
Players (1997);&#13;
Dancing in September (2000);&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Biker Boyz (2003);&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Reflections (2007); Notorious (2009)&#13;
Directing Credits:&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Dancing in September (2000);&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Biker Boyz (2003)&#13;
Reggie Rock Bythewood grew up in the Bronx, New York where it was against the law not be a Yankee fan. Bythewood, a law-abiding Yank fan, boxed as a teenager and went to the High School of Performing Arts as a drama major. He received a BFA in theater from Marymount Manhattan College. After acting in a John Sayles film called, The Brother From Another Planet, he was inspired to write and direct. Bythewood formed a theater company with some friends called, The Tribe, which produced plays written and directed by Bythewood.&#13;
Bythewood moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in screenwriting and became one of the first members of Disney's prestigious Writers Fellowship Program. From there, he was hired as a writer on the hit NBC comedy series, &amp;quot;A Different World&amp;quot; where he met his future wife, Gina Prince-Bythewood (a Dodgers fan). He went on to write and produce Dick Wolf's drama series &amp;quot;New York Undercover.&amp;quot; After attending the Million Man March, Bythewood wrote the screenplay for Spike Lee's indie film, &amp;quot;Get On The Bus.&amp;quot; Bythewood was also one of the film's investors.&#13;
Bythewood made his feature film directorial debut on the acclaimed indie flick, &amp;quot;Dancing in September.&amp;quot; It was acquired by HBO and became an HBO original movie. Bythewood has also written and directed &amp;quot;Biker Boyz,&amp;quot; the documentary, &amp;quot;Daddy's Girl,&amp;quot; the ESPN 30-for-30 documentary, &amp;quot;One Night In Vegas&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Gun Hill,&amp;quot; the two-hour pilot for BET. He also did the rewrites for the Fox Searchlight film, &amp;quot;Notorious&amp;quot; and was awarded written by credit along with the film's initial writer, Cheo Hodari Coker.&#13;
Bythewood resides in southern California with his wife, filmmaker, Gina Prince-Bythewood&#13;
Gina Prince-Bythewood&amp;amp;nbsp;(Film Director - an American film director and screenwriter. She is known for directing and producing the films&amp;amp;nbsp;Disappearing Acts&amp;amp;nbsp;(2000) and&amp;amp;nbsp;Love &amp;amp;amp; Basketball&amp;amp;nbsp;(2000),&amp;amp;nbsp;The Secret Life of Bees&amp;amp;nbsp;(2008), and&amp;amp;nbsp;Beyond the Lights&amp;amp;nbsp;(2014)&amp;amp;nbsp;and their two sons, who both happen to love the Yankees.&#13;
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