Ava Marie DuVernay, born on August 24, 1972, is an American filmmaker and 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 her directorial debut I Will Follow (2010), she won the directing award in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for Middle of Nowhere, becoming the first black woman to win it. The atlas records her as the director of the documentary 13th.
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Ava Marie DuVernay (; born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker. 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 Golden Globe. In 2011, she founded her independent distribution
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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 Golden Globe.
Awards and honors: sundance-film-festival-award
After making her directoral debut, I Will Follow (2010), DuVernay won the directing award in the U.S.
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