Ava DuVernay is known as an American filmmaker. She is most famous for her films like Selma and 13th.
Ava DuVernay was born on August 24, 1972, in Long Beach, California. Growing up with an entrepreneurial father who possessed a business, DuVernay had an enthusiasm for rhyming and hip-hop and eventually went to UCLA. During the 1990s, she worked in film exposure before starting the DuVernay Agency, which had experience in motion picture promoting for African-American crowds.
While on the arrangement of the 2004 thriller film, Collateral, featuring Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise, DuVernay felt enlivened to start making her own movies. She at first released shorts like 2006's Saturday Night Life and the documentaries This Is the Life (2008), which took a gander at hip-hop artists, and My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women in Hip Hop, which circulated on BET in 2010.
Selma, a film about the African-American democratic rights in Alabama during the mid-1960s was directed by Ava. The film was proclaimed as one of the year's best. While the film was referred to for its humanistic and nuanced depiction of Dr. Martin Luther King, at the same time it mixed some contention over its portrayal of both King and President Lyndon B. Johnson. DuVernay made further history with the work by turning into the first African-American lady to get a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director. Selma additionally got an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and for Original Song, with numerous watchers and pundits scrutinizing the Academy's choice to prohibit it from different classifications.
In 2016, DuVernay released a documentary entitled 13TH. She directed and co-wrote the Netflix movie which takes its name from the thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The film centers around the advancement of the American criminal framework, mass imprisonment, and race. Thirteenth got an Oscar nomination for the documentary category. The film had an impact on raising the conversation and prison systems and race. With the film, Ava was starting to be seen as a rising director in the industry.
In September 2019, at the 2019 Emmy Awards show, Ave was nominated for Directing for a Limited Series because of her work on When They See Us.
Ava was spotted dating the American actor and rapper named Common. The lovebirds initially met on the set arrangement of her film "Selma" and later were observed clasping hands together while strolling in the hot spots of Los Angeles.
| Birth Date: | 24 Aug, 1972 |
| Age: | 48 yrs |
| Occupations: | Film director Writer Screenwriter Film producer |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Long Beach |
| Education: | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American film director |
| twitterID: | Ava |
| Net Worth 2021: | 70 million |
