Having studied at Princeton University and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, she entered the entertainment field as a wardrobe production assistant on Spike Lee’s 1989 film Do the Right Thing. She quickly moved into directing, creating music videos for prominent R&B and hip-hop acts such as Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, Aaliyah, CeCe Peniston and Salt-n-Pepа, before helming the feature Ri…