Ava DuVernay

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ava DuVernay
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Aug 24, 1972(1972-08-24)
Age	52
Birthplace	Los Angeles
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Virgo

Ava DuVernay Biography

Ava DuVernay is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on August 24, 1972 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Award-winning filmmaker who has won major critical acclaim as the director of such films as 2012’s Middle of Nowhere and 2014’s Selma. For her work on Selma, she became the first African-American female to receive a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director.

Her film Selma depicts the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches led by Martin Luther King Jr.

DuVernay was born on August 24, 1972, in Long Beach, California. She was raised by her mother, Darlene (née Sexton), an educator, and her stepfather, Murray Maye. The surname of her biological father, Joseph Marcel DuVernay III, originates with Louisiana Creole ancestry. She grew up in Lynwood, California (near Compton). She has four brothers and sisters.

Ava Marie DuVernay (/ˌ dj uː v ɛər ˈ n eɪ / ; born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker, director, 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).

She and her two sisters were raised by their mother and stepfather.

Ava DuVernay Net Worth

Ava DuVernay is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ava DuVernay 's net worth $60 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She grew up in Compton, California and double-majored in English and African American Studies at UCLA.

She founded the film distribution company The African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement to help with the distribution of independent African- American films.

During her summer vacations, she would travel to the childhood home of her father, which was not far from Selma, Alabama. DuVernay said that these summers influenced the making of Selma, as her father had witnessed the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.

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DuVernay next explored making documentaries, because they can be done on a smaller budget than fiction films, and she could learn the trade while doing so. In 2007, she directed the short Compton in C Minor, for which she “challenged herself to capture Compton in only two hours and present whatever she found.” The following year, she made her feature directorial debut with the alternative hip hop documentary This Is the Life, a history of LA’s Good Life Cafe’s arts movement, in which she participated as part of the duo Figures of Speech.

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Ava Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ava DuVernay celebrates birthday on August 24 of every year.

In 2010 DuVernay founded African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (AFFRM), her own company to distribute films made by or focusing on black people. DuVernay refers to AFFRM as “not so much a business, but a call to action.” Although she sees building strong business foundations for films is a priority, DuVernay has said that she stresses that the driving force of the organization is activism. In 2015 the company rebranded itself under the name ARRAY, promising a new focus on women filmmakers as well.

Top Facts about Ava DuVernay

1. Ava DuVernay is an American filmmaker born in 1972.
2. She directed the Oscar-nominated film “Selma” (2014).
3. DuVernay was the first black woman to direct a $100 million-grossing film (“A Wrinkle in Time”).
4. She founded ARRAY, a distribution company for films by people of color and women.
5. In 2019, she became the first black woman to receive the BAFTA award for Best Director.
6. DuVernay also created and directed the acclaimed Netflix series “When They See Us”.
7. She has been vocal about issues of diversity and representation in Hollywood.
8. DuVernay started her career as a publicist before transitioning to filmmaking.
9. Her upcoming projects include directing DC Comics’ “New Gods”.
10. She has won numerous awards for her work, including Emmy and Peabody Awards.

What is Ava DuVernay most famous for?

She was the first African American woman to win Best Director at the Sundance Film Festival , be nominated for a Best Director Golden Globe, direct a film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, and direct a film with a budget over $100 million.

Does Ava DuVernay have a child?

I can’t mature in my work if I don’t open my life a bit more. I didn’t have kids by choice , and I’m not married by choice. I was able to embrace my career later in life, in my 30s.”

Is Ava DuVernay an AKA?

Ava is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

What is the DuVernay test?

The DuVernay Test measures representation of people of color in film, television, books, video games, and other forms of storytelling to draw attention to tropes that reinforce racial inequality and prejudice in media representation.

Will there be a new gods movie?

Pictures cancelled the New Gods movie with little explanation. Ava DuVernay was slated to direct the film, and she also co-wrote the script with Mister Miracle writer Tom King. Regardless, their collaboration will not make it to the big screen.