Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 24, 1972
Place of Birth
Long Beach, California, USA
Credits
69 titles
Ava DuVernay
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 film went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Her other film credits include the Academy Award-nominated Netflix documentary 13th (2016) and the Disney fantasy film A Wrinkle in Time (2018), the latter making her the first African-American woman to direct a film with a $100 million budget. In 2023, she directed the biographical film Origin based on Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020). DuVernay's television credits include the OWN drama series Queen Sugar (2016) and two Netflix drama limited series: When They See Us (2019), based on the 1989 Central Park jogger case, and Colin in Black & White (2021), based on the teenage years of NFL player Colin Kaepernick. In 2017, DuVernay was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. In 2020, she was elected to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences board of governors as part of the directors branch. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ava DuVernay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
14th
Director
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Self
Hollywood Black
Self
Becoming King
Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Origin
Writer
Only in Theaters
Self
One Perfect Shot
Self - Director
DMZ
Director
Naomi
Executive Producer
Adele One Night Only
Self
Colin in Black and White
Executive Producer
Home Sweet Home
Creator
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
Self
Regard Noir
Self
Directors on Directors
Self
The White Tiger
Producer
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Executive Producer
Aggie
Self
And She Could Be Next
Executive Producer
Dear...
Self
And She Could Be Next
Executive Producer
#blackAF
Ava DuVernay
Cherish the Day
Executive Producer
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Ava DuVernay
Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now
Self
When They See Us
Story
The Red Line
Executive Producer
Desus & Mero
Self - Illustrious Guest
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self
Shine On with Reese
Self
A Wrinkle in Time
Director
Half the Picture
Self
Family Feud
Director
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Writer
Girls Trip
Ava DuVernay
The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits
Self
13th: A Conversation with Oprah Winfrey & Ava DuVernay
Herself
Black America Again
Executive Producer
13th
Director
Queen Sugar
Director
Chelsea
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Selma
Director
Life Itself
Self - Filmmaker
Trailblazer Honors
Self - Honoree
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest