Ava DuVernay
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1972-08-24 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Long Beach, California, USA
Also known As
Ava Marie DuVernay
AvA
Eve
Ava DuVernay
Biography
Ava Marie DuVernay (born August 24, 1972) is an American director, screenwriter, producer, and former rapper. In the 1990s, DuVernay was active in the Los Angeles underground hip hop scene, performing under the names AvA and Eve, and as one half of the duo Figures of Speech with fellow female MC Ronda Ross (aka Jyant). DuVernay's debut film, music documentary "This Is the Life" (2008), chronicled the rise and enduring influence of the scene of which she had been a part, focusing on its epicenter at the famous open mic nights in the Good Life Cafe, where many major west coast underground hip hop artists got their starts. At the 2012 Sundance F...
Acting
2021
as Self
2022
as Self
2014
as Self - Filmmaker
2024
as Self
2017
2017
2017
as Ava DuVernay
2018
as Self
2008
as Self
2019
2020
as Self
2021
as Self
2021
Production
2020
as Executive Producer
2012
as Writer
2012
as Director
2012
as Producer
2010
as Director
2008
as Director
2013
as Director
2013
as Writer
2017
as Producer
2017
2014
as Director
2013
as Director
2010
2010
as Executive Producer
2014
as Executive Producer
2013
as Director
2006
as Director
2008
as Producer
2023
as Writer
2018
as Director
2016
as Director
2016
as Writer
2013
as Associate Producer
2016
as Producer
2017
as Director
2009
as Director
2016
as Executive Producer
2013
as Writer
2013
as Producer
2010
as Writer
2010
as Producer
2014
as Writer
2020
as Executive Producer
2023
as Director
2023
as Producer
2021
as Producer
2021
as Executive Producer
2006
as Writer
2018
as Director
2018
as Writer
2018
as Producer
2004
as Unit Publicist
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