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Ava Marie DuVernay is an American filmmaker and film distributor. She 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), DuVernay became the first black woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and also the first black female director to have her film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2017, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for her film 13th (2016).
Birth Name
Ava Marie DuVernay
Born
Thursday, 24 August 1972
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Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Becoming King | Self | 2024 |
| See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
| Unsung Presents: Best in Black | Self | 2023 |
| Only in Theaters | Self | 2022 |
| One Perfect Shot | Self - Host / Self - Director | 2022 |
| The 27th Annual Critics' Choice Awards | Self - Presenter | 2022 |
| A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks | Self | 2021 |
| Adele: One Night Only | Self / Self - Audience Member | 2021 |
| The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2021 |
| CBS Mornings | Self | 2021 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Origin | 2023 |
| DMZ | 2022 |
| Colin in Black & White | 2021 |
| DMZ | 2020 |
| Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now | 2019 |
| When They See Us | 2019 |
| A Wrinkle in Time | 2018 |
| Jay Z: Family Feud ft. Beyoncé | 2018 |
| 13th | 2016 |
| Queen Sugar | 2016 |
| Selma | 2014 |
| Nine for IX | 2013 |
| Middle of Nowhere | 2012 |
| Scandal | 2012 |
| I Will Follow | 2010 |
| This Is the Life | 2008 |
| Saturday Night Life | 2006 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Origin | 2023 |
| DMZ | 2022 |
| Naomi | 2022 |
| Colin in Black & White | 2021 |
| The White Tiger | 2021 |
| A Concerto Is a Conversation | 2020 |
| Cherish the Day | 2020 |
| DMZ | 2020 |
| When They See Us | 2019 |
| The Red Line | 2019 |
| Jay Z: Family Feud ft. Beyoncé | 2018 |
| 13th | 2016 |
| Queen Sugar | 2016 |
| Selma | 2014 |
| 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film | 2013 |
| Nine for IX | 2013 |
| Middle of Nowhere | 2012 |
| I Will Follow | 2010 |
| This Is the Life | 2008 |
| P.O.V. | 1988 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Limited Series | Nominated |
| 2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Nominated |
| 2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Nominated |
| 2017 | Oscar | Best Documentary Feature | Nominated |
| 2017 | Emmy | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | Won |
| 2017 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming | Nominated |
| 2017 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming | Won |
| 2015 | Golden Globe | Best Director - Motion Picture | Nominated |
