Ava DuVernay
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Biography
Ava Marie DuVernay (/ˌdjuːvərˈneɪ/; 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 a Golden Globe. In 2011, she founded her independent distribution company ARRAY. After making her directorial debut with 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 w…
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV
The View
1997 · TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV
The Tamron Hall Show
2019 · TV
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979 · TV
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · TV
Chelsea
2016 · TV
Finding Your Roots
2012 · TV
Desus & Mero
2019 · TV