Ava DuVernay

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1972-08-24 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Long Beach, California, USA

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 bio...

Production

2020

A Concerto is a Conversation

as Executive Producer

2012

2012

2012

2010

I Will Follow

as Director

2008

This Is the Life

as Director

2013

Say Yes

as Writer

2013

Say Yes

as Director

2014

Selma

as Director

2013

The Door

as Director

2014

Selma

as Executive Producer

2013

Venus VS.

as Director

2006

2008

This Is the Life

as Producer

2023

Origin

as Writer

2018

2016

13th

as Director

2016

13th

as Writer

2016

13th

as Producer

2009

2016

Black America Again

as Executive Producer

2013

The Door

as Writer

2013

The Door

as Producer

2010

I Will Follow

as Writer

2010

I Will Follow

as Producer

2014

Selma

as Writer

2020

And She Could Be Next

as Executive Producer

2023

Origin

as Producer

2023

Origin

as Director

2021

The White Tiger

as Producer

2021

The White Tiger

as Executive Producer

2006

2018

Family Feud

as Director

2018

Family Feud

as Writer

2018

Family Feud

as Producer

2004

Collateral

as Unit Publicist

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