Ava DuVernay

Directing · Born 1972-08-24 in Long Beach, California, USA

Biography

Ava Marie DuVernay (/ˌdjuːvərˈneɪ/; born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is a recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, a BAFTA Film Award, and a BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. In 2011, she founded her independent distribution company ARRAY. After making her directorial debut with I Will Follow (2010), DuVernay won the directing award in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film, Middle of Nowhere, becoming the first black woman to win the award. For her work on Selma (2014), a biopic about Martin Luther King Jr., DuVernay became the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director; the…

Filmography

• Adele One Night Only as Self
• Only in Theaters as Self
• Life Itself as Self - Filmmaker
• Becoming King as Self
• The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits as Self
• 13th: A Conversation with Oprah Winfrey & Ava DuVernay as Herself
• Girls Trip as Ava DuVernay
• Half the Picture as Self
• This Is the Life as Self
• Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now as Self