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Ava DuVernay

1972 - Today

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Ava Marie DuVernay (; 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 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Ava DuVernay is the 1,920th most popular film director (down from 1,857th in 2024), the 15,740th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,136th in 2019) and the 567th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ava DuVernay ranks 1,920 out of 2,041. Before her are Newton Thomas Sigel, Bernard Rose, Santosh Ram, Alberto Rodríguez Librero, Dome Karukoski, and Fanta Régina Nacro. After her are Ric Roman Waugh, Michael Cuesta, Vincent Paronnaud, William Malone, Domee Shi, and Corneliu Porumboiu.

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Among people born in 1972, Ava DuVernay ranks 832. Before her are Loek van Wely, Andreas Jakobsson, Fuat Usta, Steffi Jones, James Duval, and Jocelyn Blanchard. After her are Anastasia Kelesidou, Oh Kyo-moon, Greg Bryk, Brad Paisley, Nima Arkani-Hamed, and David Musulbes.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Ava DuVernay ranks 567. Before her are Mark Duplass (1976), Kimberly Peirce (1967), Kevin Lima (1962), Neil LaBute (1963), Dan Attias (1951), and Newton Thomas Sigel (1955). After her are Ric Roman Waugh (1968), Michael Cuesta (1963), William Malone (1953), Mark Dindal (1960), Ryan Coogler (1986), and Sean McNamara (1962).

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