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Ava Marie DuVernay ( / ˌdjuːvərˈneɪ /; [1] born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is a recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, two NAACP Image Award, a BAFTA Film Award, and a BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee of an Academy Award and Golden Globe.
IMDb provides an overview of Ava DuVernay's career as a director, producer, writer, and marketer of films and TV shows. Learn about her achievements, upcoming projects, and personal details on IMDb.
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Mar 8, 2024 · Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is a director known for 'Selma,' '13th' and 'A Wrinkle in Time.' She is the first African American female director to receive a Golden Globe nomination and have a...
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Jun 9, 2024 · Ava DuVernay is best known for her films and TV shows that explore experiences of African Americans, including Jim Crow-era racism, the civil rights movement, racial inequities of mass incarceration, and the history of hip-hop music.
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- Ava DuVernay is an American director, producer, and writer whose best-known works explore the complexity and diversity of the experiences of Black...
- Ava DuVernay began directing at the age of 32 when she made her first short film, Saturday Night Life, which was released in 2006. She worked in pu...
- Ava DuVernay graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in English and African American stud...
- Ava DuVernay was born in Long Beach, California, on August 24, 1972.
Jan 19, 2024 · The director talks about her latest project, based on Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste, which explores the connections between discrimination in America and Nazi Germany and India. She reveals how she used her own grief and her own journey as a filmmaker to create a powerful and potent film.
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Jan 20, 2024 · F or filmmaker Ava DuVernay, who made Selma, 13th, and When They See Us, the journalist Isabel Wilkerson’s watershed 2020 book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (recommended to her...
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Jan 22, 2024 · The US director speaks about her hard-hitting new film exploring how prejudice has thrived around the world – and why she struggles with questions about its brutal scenes.
