Hollywood screenwriter and author Bettina Gilois died Sunday night in her sleep after battling cancer, her friend Joshua Plant confirmed to Variety. She was 58. Gilois wrote the HBO film “Bes…
Before her death, Gilois had several projects in the works, including the drama “Shutter Spy,” about Hollywood photographer Frank Worth, and the series “Muscle Shoals,” which is produced by. She was also writing a story for Lifetime about Mahalia Jackson, and Netflix’s “A Million Miles Away,” a true story about Jose Hernandez, a migrant worker who later became an astronaut.
Among its accolades, “Bessie” won an NAACP Image Award for writing for film and was nominated for the Black Reel Award for best screenplay. She was also nominated for the Humanitas Prize and an ESPY Award.
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