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Ava Marie DuVernayΒ (/ΛdjuΛvΙrΛneΙͺ/;Β born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is a recipient of twoΒ Primetime Emmy Awards, twoΒ NAACP Image Awards, aΒ BAFTA Film Award, and aΒ BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee for anΒ Academy AwardΒ andΒ a Golden Globe. In 2011, she founded her independent distribution companyΒ ARRAY. After making her directorial debut withΒ I Will FollowΒ (2010), DuVernay won the directing award in the U.S. dramatic competition at theΒ 2012 Sundance Film FestivalΒ for her second feature film, Middle of Nowhere,Β becoming the first black woman to win the award.
For her work onΒ SelmaΒ (2014), a biopic aboutΒ Martin Luther King Jr., DuVernay became the first African-American woman to be nominated for aΒ Golden Globe Award for Best Director; the film went on to be nominated for theΒ Academy Award for Best Picture. Her other film credits include theΒ Academy Award-nominatedΒ NetflixΒ documentaryΒ 13thΒ (2016) and the Disney fantasy filmΒ A Wrinkle in TimeΒ (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 filmΒ OriginΒ based onΒ Isabel Wilkerson's bookΒ Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsΒ (2020).
DuVernay's television credits include theΒ OWNΒ drama seriesΒ Queen SugarΒ (2016) and twoΒ Netflix drama limited series:Β When They See UsΒ (2019), based on the 1989Β Central Park jogger case, andΒ Colin in Black & WhiteΒ (2021), based on the teenage years ofΒ NFLΒ playerΒ Colin Kaepernick. In 2017, DuVernay was included on the annualΒ TimeΒ 100Β list of the most influential people in the world.Β In 2020, she was elected to theΒ Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and SciencesΒ board of governors as part of the directors branch.
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