Ava Duvernay

  • Ava Duvernay

    She was born Ava Marie DuVernay in Long Beach, California.
  • High School

    Graduated from Saint Joseph High School in Lakewood
  • College

    Attended the University of California at Los Angeles, earning bachelor's degrees in English and African American studies
  • Awards

    Winner of the Directing Award for U.S. Dramatic Film at the Sundance Film Festival.
  • Nominated

    She was the first Black woman to direct a movie nominated for a Best Picture Oscar with her Martin Luther King Jr. feature film Selma .
  • Directed-Movies

    13th
  • Director- Tv Show

    Queen Sugar
  • AMD

    AMD British Academy Britannia Award
  • The 49th annual NAACP Image Awards

    Comedy Series of black-ish.
  • Director - Movie

    A Wrinkle in Time