Tina Gordon Chism

Tina Gordon Chism is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. She began her writing career writing the films ATL , and Drumline . She made her directorial debut in the 2013 film Peeples, which she also wrote. In 2019, she co-wrote the scripts to the comedies What Men Want and Little , while directing the latter.^[1] She wrote and directed the 2023 film, Praise This .^[2] She has also acted as a consulting producer on Good Girls .

Chism studied drama at Duke Ellington School for Performing Arts.^[3] She was inspired by The Cosby Show to tell stories of rich black families. In 2013, HBO greenlit a new series created by Chism called Crushed.^[4] In 2016, the pilot for Crushed was picked up by Hulu.^[5]

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