Biography
Ava Marie DuVernay is an American filmmaker. 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 Golden Globe. In 2011, she founded her independent distribution company ARRAY. After making her directoral debut, 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.
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Awards & recognition
- International Emmy Founders Award · 2022
- VH1 Trailblazer Honors · 2019
- Time 100 · 2017
- Dorothy Arzner Directors Award · 2015
- Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award · 2013
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- Sundance U.S. Directing Award: Dramatic · 2012
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2017 · nominated
Filmography43 titles
When They See Us
13th
Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now
Queen Sugar
Life Itself
Cherish the Day
Selma
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Collateral
The Red Line
The White Tiger
A Black Lady Sketch Show
CBS News Sunday Morning
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
Girls Trip
Colin in Black & White
Half the Picture
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
Finding Your Roots
The Daily Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Origin
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Middle of Nowhere
Naomi
#BlackAF
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Nine for IX
DMZ
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Desus & Mero
A Wrinkle in Time
Chelsea
Dear...
One Perfect Shot
Tamron Hall
The View
Only in Theaters
Hollywood Black
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Becoming King
And She Could Be Next
Aggie