Summary Ava DuVernay is an award-winning director and writer. Her film, Selma, about voting rights in the 1960s, earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. She is also the first African-American woman to direct a film with a budget over $100 million, with 2018's A Wrinkle in Time. DuVernay's other notable film, Middle of Nowhere, she wrote, produced and directed. The film earned her the award for best director at 2012's Sundance Film Festival. Film critic Roger Ebert hailed her 2010 narrative feature, I Will Follow as ""one of the best films I've seen about the loss of a loved one."" Her film expertise also includes documentaries, such as hip hop documentary This is the Life and Venus VS for ESPN. DuVernay is the founder of AFFRM, the African American Film Festival Releasing Movement. She is a member to both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences along with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. She sits on the board of Film Independent and the Sundance Institute. DuVernay is a UCLA graduate and currently lives in Los Angeles.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Geena Davis Alfre Woodard Julia Louis-Dreyfus Misty Copeland
Genres : Biography
Release date : Jun 11, 2015
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : This is the main website where we regularly feature and rotate our episodes.
Language : English
Production companies : AOL Studios Yahoo! Studios
Summary Ava DuVernay is an award-winning director and writer. Her film, Selma, about voting rights in the 1960s, earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. She is also the first African-American woman to direct a film with a budget over $100 million, with 2018's A Wrinkle in Time. DuVernay's other notable film, Middle of Nowhere, she wrote, produced and directed. The film earned her the award for best director at 2012's Sundance Film Festival. Film critic Roger Ebert hailed her 2010 narrative feature, I Will Follow as ""one of the best films I've seen about the loss of a loved one."" Her film expertise also includes documentaries, such as hip hop documentary This is the Life and Venus VS for ESPN. DuVernay is the founder of AFFRM, the African American Film Festival Releasing Movement. She is a member to both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences along with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. She sits on the board of Film Independent and the Sundance Institute. DuVernay is a UCLA graduate and currently lives in Los Angeles.
Genres : Biography
Release date : Jun 11, 2015
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : This is the main website where we regularly feature and rotate our episodes.
Language : English
Production companies : AOL Studios Yahoo! Studios
