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Ava DuVernay

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1972Born, Long Beach
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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…

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Known for

CollateralUnit Publicist
SelmaDirector
A Wrinkle in TimeDirector
Girls TripAva DuVernay
When They See UsStory

Filmography

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202614thDirector · Producer · WriterMovie
2023OriginWriter · Director · ProducerMovie
2022DMZDirector · 1 episode · Executive Producer · 4 episodesShow
2022NaomiExecutive Producer · 13 episodes · Teleplay, Writer · 1 episode · CreatorShow
2021Colin in Black and WhiteExecutive Producer · 6 episodes · Director · 1 episode · CreatorShow
2021The White TigerProducer, Executive ProducerMovie
2020A Concerto Is a ConversationExecutive ProducerMovie
2020And She Could Be NextExecutive Producer · 2 episodesShow
2020#blackAFAva DuVernay · 1 episodeShow
2020Cherish the DayExecutive Producer · 8 episodes · Writer · 2 episodes · CreatorShow
2019A Black Lady Sketch ShowAva DuVernay · 1 episodeShow
2019When They See UsStory, Teleplay · 4 episodes · Executive Producer · 4 episodes · Director · 4 episodes · CreatorShow
2019The Red LineExecutive Producer · 8 episodesShow
2018A Wrinkle in TimeDirectorMovie
2018Family FeudDirector · Writer · ProducerMovie
2017August 28: A Day in the Life of a PeopleWriter · Producer · DirectorMovie
2017Girls TripAva DuVernayMovie
2016Black America AgainExecutive ProducerMovie
201613thDirector · Writer · ProducerMovie
2016Queen SugarDirector · 2 episodes · CreatorShow
2014SelmaDirector · Executive Producer · WriterMovie
201399%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative FilmAssociate ProducerMovie
2013Say YesWriter · DirectorMovie
2013The DoorDirector · Writer · ProducerMovie
2013Venus VS.DirectorMovie
2013Nine for IXDirector · 9 episodesShow
2012Middle of NowhereDirector · Writer · ProducerMovie
2010I Will FollowDirector · Writer · ProducerMovie
2010My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip HopDirector · Executive ProducerMovie
2009Compton in C MinorDirectorMovie
2008This Is the LifeDirector · ProducerMovie
2006Saturday Night LifeDirector · WriterMovie
2004CollateralUnit PublicistMovie

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