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Ava DuVernay

Ava Marie DuVernay is an American filmmaker. She 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 win the award. For her work on Selma (2014), DuVernay became the first black woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and also the first black female director to have her film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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Girls Trip

2017
as Herself

This Is the Life

2008
as herself

Half the Picture

2018
as Herself

One Perfect Shot

2022
as Narrator (voice)

Aggie

2020
as Ava DuVernay

Director

Movie A Wrinkle in Time 2018
Movie 13th 2016
Movie Selma 2015
Movie August 28th 2016
Movie My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip-Hop 2010
Movie Battle at Versailles 2016
Movie Origin 2023
Movie I Will Follow 2010
Movie This Is the Life 2008
Movie Middle of Nowhere 2012
Movie Saturday Night Life 2006
Episode DMZ
Good Luck
2022
Movie Venus VS. 2013
Episode Nine for IX
Venus vs.
2013
Episode Queen Sugar
First Things First
2016
Episode Queen Sugar
For They Existed
2022
Episode When They See Us
Part One
2019
Episode When They See Us
Part Two
2019
Episode When They See Us
Part Three
2019
Episode When They See Us
Part Four
2019
Episode Colin in Black and White
Cornrows
2021
Episode Scandal (2012)
Vermont Is for Lovers, Too
2013

Writer

Movie 13th 2016
Movie Selma 2015
Movie August 28th 2016
Episode Naomi
Who Am I? (2)
2022
Movie Battle at Versailles 2016
Movie Origin 2023
Movie I Will Follow 2010
Movie Middle of Nowhere 2012
Movie Saturday Night Life 2006
Episode When They See Us
Part One
2019
Episode When They See Us
Part Two
2019
Episode When They See Us
Part Three
2019
Episode When They See Us
Part Four
2019
Episode Naomi
Don’t Believe Everything You Think
2022
Episode Colin in Black and White
Cornrows
2021

Creator

Episode Queen Sugar
The Tree and Stone Were One
2018
Episode Queen Sugar
Here Beside the River
2018
Episode Queen Sugar
Your Passages Have Been Paid
2018
Episode Queen Sugar
The Horizon Leans Forward
2018
Episode Queen Sugar
From on the Pulse of Morning
2018
Episode Queen Sugar
Pleasure is Black
2019
Episode Queen Sugar
I No Longer Imagine
2019
Episode Queen Sugar
Where My Body Stops or Begins
2019
Episode Queen Sugar
Skin Transparent
2019
Episode Queen Sugar
Face Speckled
2019
Episode Queen Sugar
By the Spit
2019
Episode Queen Sugar
Of Several Centuries
2019
Episode Queen Sugar
All the Borders
2019
Episode Queen Sugar
Stare at the Same Fires
2019
Episode Queen Sugar
Oh Mamere
2019
Episode Cherish the Day
Genesis
2020
Episode Queen Sugar
I'm Sorry
2019
Episode Cherish the Day
Synthesis
2020
Episode Queen Sugar
Here
2019
Episode Cherish the Day
Oasis
2020
Episode Queen Sugar
I Am
2019
Episode Cherish the Day
Basis
2020
Episode Queen Sugar
Late-February 2020
2021
Episode Cherish the Day
Analysis
2020
Episode Queen Sugar
Mid-March 2020
2021
Episode Cherish the Day
Nemesis
2020
Episode Queen Sugar
Late-April 2020
2021
Episode Cherish the Day
Synopsis
2020
Episode Queen Sugar
Early-May 2020
2021
Episode Cherish the Day
Catharsis
2020
Episode Queen Sugar
May 19, 2020
2021
Episode Cherish the Day
Rain Has Drops
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
May 27, 2020
2021
Episode Cherish the Day
Sun Has Shine
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
June 1, 2020
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
June 3, 2020
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
In Summer Time to Simply Be
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
Onward
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
If You Could Enter Their Dreaming
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
And Dream with Them Deeply
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
You Would Come Back Different
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
To a Different Day
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
Moving So Easily Through That Common Depth
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
Or Maybe Just Stay There
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
They Would Bloom and Welcome You
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
All Those Brothers and Sisters
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
Tossing in the Meadows
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
And You Would Be One of Them
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
And When Great Souls Die
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
After A Period, Peace Blooms
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
Slowly and Always Irregularly
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
Spaces Fill
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
With a Kind Of
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
Soothing Electric Vibration
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
Our Senses, Restored
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
Never To Be The Same
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
Whisper to Us
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
They Existed
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
We Can Be
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
Be and Be Better
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
For They Existed
2022
Episode Cherish the Day
Moon Has Beams
2022
Episode Cherish the Day
That Make You Mine
2022
Episode Cherish the Day
Rivers Have Banks
2022
Episode Cherish the Day
Sands for Shores
2022
Episode Cherish the Day
Hearts Have Heartbeats
2022
Episode Cherish the Day
That Make Me Yours
2022
Episode When They See Us
Part One
2019
Episode When They See Us
Part Two
2019
Episode When They See Us
Part Three
2019
Episode When They See Us
Part Four
2019
Episode Queen Sugar
First Things First
2016
Episode Queen Sugar
Evergreen
2016
Episode Queen Sugar
Thy Will Be Done
2016
Episode Queen Sugar
The Darker Sooner
2016
Episode Queen Sugar
By Any Chance
2016
Episode Queen Sugar
As Promised
2016
Episode Queen Sugar
In No Uncertain Terms
2016
Episode Queen Sugar
Where with All
2016
Episode Queen Sugar
Next to Nothing
2016
Episode Queen Sugar
So Far
2016
Episode Queen Sugar
All Good
2016
Episode Queen Sugar
Far Too Long
2016
Episode Queen Sugar
Give Us This Day
2016
Episode Queen Sugar
After the Winter
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
To Usward
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
What Do I Care for Morning
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
My Soul's High Song
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
Caroling Dusk
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
Line of Our Elders
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
I Know My Soul
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
Freedom's Plow
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
Yet Do I Marvel
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
Drums at Dusk
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
Fruit of the Flower
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
Live in the All Along
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
Heritage
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
On These I Stand
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
Copper Sun
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
Dream Variations
2017
Episode Queen Sugar
A Rock; A River; A Tree
2018
Episode Queen Sugar
Of Their Sojourn Here
2018
Episode Queen Sugar
Your Distant Destiny
2018
Episode Queen Sugar
No Haven in My Shadow
2018
Episode Queen Sugar
A Little Lower Than Angels
2018
Episode Queen Sugar
Delicate and Strangely Made
2018
Episode Queen Sugar
Study War No More
2018
Episode Queen Sugar
Come, Clad in Peace
2018

Executive Producer

Movie The White Tiger 2021
Episode Cherish the Day
Genesis
2020
Episode Cherish the Day
Synthesis
2020
Episode Cherish the Day
Oasis
2020
Episode Cherish the Day
Basis
2020
Episode Cherish the Day
Analysis
2020
Episode Cherish the Day
Nemesis
2020
Episode Cherish the Day
Synopsis
2020
Episode Cherish the Day
Catharsis
2020
Episode Cherish the Day
Rain Has Drops
2022
Episode Cherish the Day
Sun Has Shine
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
If You Could Enter Their Dreaming
2021
Episode Queen Sugar
And When Great Souls Die
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
After A Period, Peace Blooms
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
Slowly and Always Irregularly
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
Spaces Fill
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
With a Kind Of
2022
Episode Cherish the Day
Moon Has Beams
2022
Episode Cherish the Day
That Make You Mine
2022
Episode Cherish the Day
Rivers Have Banks
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
Soothing Electric Vibration
2022
Episode Cherish the Day
Sands for Shores
2022
Episode Cherish the Day
Hearts Have Heartbeats
2022
Episode Cherish the Day
That Make Me Yours
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
Our Senses, Restored
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
Never To Be The Same
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
Whisper to Us
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
They Existed
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
We Can Be
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
Be and Be Better
2022
Episode Queen Sugar
For They Existed
2022

Producer

Movie 13th 2016
Movie Selma 2015
Movie August 28th 2016
Movie Black America Again 2016
Movie My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip-Hop 2010
Movie Battle at Versailles 2016
Movie Origin 2023
Movie I Will Follow 2010
Movie Middle of Nowhere 2012
Episode When They See Us
Part One
2019
Movie And She Could Be Next 2020
Episode When They See Us
Part Two
2019
Movie Venus VS. 2013
Movie 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film 2013
Episode When They See Us
Part Three
2019
Episode When They See Us
Part Four
2019

Crew

Movie And She Could Be Next 2020

Guest Star

Episode Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
TV Directors
2019
Episode Shine On With Reese
Ava DuVernay
2018
Episode Late Night with Seth Meyers
Olivia Munn, Ava DuVernay, Brothers Osborne
2018
Episode Tamron Hall
Ava DuVernay & Phillip Youmans
2019
Episode Dear...
Ava DuVernay
2022
Episode Sesame Street
Read-and-Share
2023
Episode A Black Lady Sketch Show
Save My Edges, I’m a Donor!
2022
Episode Charlie Rose
Ava DuVernay
2015
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Awkwafina, Ava DuVernay, Mary McCartney, Chloe X Halle
2021
Episode Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Drama Showrunners
2017
Episode The Daily Show
Ava DuVernay
2016
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Harry Connick Jr., Ava DuVernay, Grouplove
2016
Episode Desus & Mero (2019)
HOLD THAT
2019
Episode The Daily Show
Ava DuVernay
2015
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Elton John, Ava DuVernay, Walker Hayes
2021