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 Film Festival, DuVernay won the Best Director Prize for her second feature film "Middle of Nowhere", becoming the first African-American woman to win the award. For her work on "Selma" (2014), DuVernay was the first black female director to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award and also the first to have her film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, though she was not nominated for Best Director. In 2017, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for her political documentary "13th" (2016).
Filmography
all 63
Movies 34
TV Shows 29
self 28
Director 15
Producer 10
Writer 7
Becoming King (2024)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter (2023)
Origin (2023)
Kraliçe (2023)
Only in Theaters (2022)
One Perfect Shot (2022)
DMZ (2022)
Naomi (2022)
Adele One Night Only (2021)
Colin in Black and White (2021)
Home Sweet Home (2021)
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021)
Regard Noir (2021)
The White Tiger (2021)
A Concerto Is a Conversation (2020)
Aggie (2020)
The Amber Ruffin Show (2020)
And She Could Be Next (2020)
Dear... (2020)
And She Could Be Next (2020)
Cherish the Day (2020)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Tamron Hall (2019)
A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now (2019)
When They See Us (2019)
The Red Line (2019)
Desus & Mero (2019)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
Shine On with Reese (2018)
Cultureshock (2018)
Half the Picture (2018)
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People (2017)
Girls Trip (2017)
The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits (2017)
13th: A Conversation with Oprah Winfrey & Ava DuVernay (2017)
Black America Again (2016)
13th (2016)
Queen Sugar (2016)
Chelsea (2016)
Battle at Versailles (2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Selma (2014)
Life Itself (2014)
Trailblazer Honors (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (2013)
Say Yes (2013)
Venus VS. (2013)
The Door (2013)
Nine for IX (2013)
Middle of Nowhere (2012)
Finding Your Roots (2012)
I Will Follow (2010)
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop (2010)
Compton in C Minor (2009)
This Is the Life (2008)
Saturday Night Life (2006)
The View (1997)
The Daily Show (1996)
Untitled Lupita Nyong'o/Rihanna Project
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Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1972-08-24 (51 years old)
Birth PlaceLong Beach, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsAva Marie DuVernay, AvA, Eve
AwardsVH1 Trailblazer Honors, International Emmy Founders Award, Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award, Sundance U.S. Directing Award: Dramatic, Time 100
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