Ava DuVernay
Directing
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
Directing21
movieOrigin
2023
Director
tvDMZ
2022
Director
tvColin in Black and White
2021
Director
tvWhen They See Us
2019
Director
movieA Wrinkle in Time
2018
Director
movieFamily Feud
2018
Director
movie13th
2016
Director
tvQueen Sugar
2016
Director
movieSelma
2014
Director
Say Yes
2013
Director
The Door
2013
Director
movieVenus VS.
2013
Director
tvNine for IX
2013
Director
movieMiddle of Nowhere
2012
Director
movieI Will Follow
2010
Director
movieThis Is the Life
2008
Director
movieSaturday Night Life
2006
Director
Acting36
tvOne Perfect Shot
2022
Self - Director
movieAggie
2020
Self
tvDear...
2020
Self
tv#blackAF
2020
Ava DuVernay
tvTamron Hall
2019
Self - Guest
tvA Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Ava DuVernay
tvDesus & Mero
2019
Self - Illustrious Guest
movieGirls Trip
2017
Ava DuVernay
tvChelsea
2016
Self
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
movieLife Itself
2014
Self - Filmmaker
tvTrailblazer Honors
2014
Self - Honoree
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self - Guest
tvThe View
1997
Self - Guest
Production24
movieOrigin
2023
Producer
tvOne Perfect Shot
2022
Executive Producer
tvDMZ
2022
Executive Producer
tvNaomi
2022
Executive Producer
tvColin in Black and White
2021
Executive Producer
movieThe White Tiger
2021
Producer, Executive Producer
movieA Concerto Is a Conversation
2020
Executive Producer
tvAnd She Could Be Next
2020
Executive Producer
movieAnd She Could Be Next
2020
Executive Producer
tvCherish the Day
2020
Executive Producer
tvWhen They See Us
2019
Executive Producer
tvThe Red Line
2019
Executive Producer
movieFamily Feud
2018
Producer
movieBlack America Again
2016
Executive Producer
movie13th
2016
Producer
movieSelma
2014
Executive Producer
movie99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
2013
Associate Producer
The Door
2013
Producer
movieMiddle of Nowhere
2012
Producer
movieI Will Follow
2010
Producer
movieMy Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
2010
Executive Producer
movieThis Is the Life
2008
Producer
Writing13
movieOrigin
2023
Writer
tvNaomi
2022
Teleplay, Writer
tvCherish the Day
2020
Writer
tvWhen They See Us
2019
Story, Teleplay
movieFamily Feud
2018
Writer
movie13th
2016
Writer
movieSelma
2014
Writer
Say Yes
2013
Writer
movieI Will Follow
2010
Writer
Creator7
tvOne Perfect Shot
2022
Creator
tvNaomi
2022
Creator
tvHome Sweet Home
2021
Creator
tvCherish the Day
2020
Creator
tvWhen They See Us
2019
Creator
tvQueen Sugar
2016
Creator
Crew1
movieCollateral
2004
Unit Publicist