Ava DuVernay
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.
Adele One Night Only
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Only in Theaters
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Life Itself
(Self - Filmmaker)
Becoming King
(Self)
The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits
(Self)
13th: A Conversation with Oprah Winfrey & Ava DuVernay
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Girls Trip
(Ava DuVernay)
Half the Picture
(Self)
This Is the Life
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Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now
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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
(Self)
Aggie
(Self)
Regard Noir
(Self)
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
(Self)
Tamron Hall
(Self - Guest)
Finding Your Roots
(Self)
A Black Lady Sketch Show
(Ava DuVernay)
The Daily Show
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The View
(Self - Guest)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self - Guest)
Chelsea
(Self)
Dear...
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Shine On with Reese
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Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
Trailblazer Honors
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Desus & Mero
(Self - Illustrious Guest)
#blackAF
(Ava DuVernay)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
One Perfect Shot
(Self - Director)
CBS News Sunday Morning
(Self)
Directors on Directors
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Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
(Self)
A Concerto is a Conversation
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Middle of Nowhere
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Middle of Nowhere
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Middle of Nowhere
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I Will Follow
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This Is the Life
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Say Yes
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Say Yes
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
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Selma
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The Door
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My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
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My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
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Selma
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Venus VS.
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Saturday Night Life
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This Is the Life
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Origin
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A Wrinkle in Time
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13th
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13th
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99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
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13th
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
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Compton in C Minor
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Black America Again
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The Door
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The Door
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I Will Follow
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I Will Follow
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Selma
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And She Could Be Next
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Origin
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Origin
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The White Tiger
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The White Tiger
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Saturday Night Life
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Family Feud
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Family Feud
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Family Feud
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Collateral
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Heist of Benin
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Heart of Benin
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Nine for IX
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Queen Sugar
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The Red Line
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When They See Us
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Cherish the Day
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When They See Us
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When They See Us
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One Perfect Shot
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DMZ
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DMZ
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When They See Us
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Colin in Black and White
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Colin in Black and White
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Naomi
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Naomi
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Naomi
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Cherish the Day
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Queen Sugar
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When They See Us
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Cherish the Day
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Colin in Black and White
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Home Sweet Home
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Naomi
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One Perfect Shot
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