Tina Gordon Chism is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. She began her writing career writing the films '' ATL'', and ''

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''. 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. She wrote and directed the 2023 film, '' Praise This''. She has also acted as a consulting producer on '' Good Girls''. Chism studied drama at Duke Ellington School for Performing Arts. She was inspired by ''

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'' to tell stories of rich black families. In 2013,

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greenlit a new series created by Chism called ''Crushed''. In 2016, the pilot for ''Crushed'' was picked up by

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