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  1. Bettina Gilois (July 9, 1961 – July 5, 2020) [1] was a German-American screenwriter and author, known for her work on the HBO film Bessie, and Disney's Glory Road and McFarland, USA. Gilois won an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Writing of a Television Movie and a Black Reel Awards of 2016 nomination for Bessie .

  2. The film is directed by Dee Rees, [1] with a screenplay by Rees, Christopher Cleveland and Bettina Gilois. Queen Latifah stars as Smith, and supporting roles are played by Michael Kenneth Williams as Smith's first husband Jack Gee, and Mo'Nique as Ma Rainey. The film premiered on May 16, 2015. [2]

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  3. Jul 6, 2020 · 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...

  4. Jul 5, 2020 · Screenwriter Bettina Gilois, who was interviewed on the show in July of last year, passed away on July 5 at the age of 58. She was an immensely talented screenwriter, as well as a professor of screenwriting at Chapman University.

  5. Jul 6, 2020 · Bettina Gilois, an Emmy-nominated writer who worked on the screenplays for the Kevin Costner film 'McFarland, USA' and the Queen Latifah-starring HBO biopic 'Bessie,' has died. She was 58.

  6. Jul 8, 2020 · Bettina Gilois, an award-winning screenwriter and an assistant professor in the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University in Orange California, died in her sleep on July 5. She was 58 years old and had suffered from cancer.

  7. She is the writer/creator of the 2020 series "Muscle Shoals," based on the true story of Rick Hall, with Johnny Depp producing, and George Tilman directing. She also wrote the 2020 television movie, "Mahalia," for Lifetime. She is also writer/creator of "Enlightened," a series for MGM and Amazon.