Ava DuVernay
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 51 |
| Web site | www.avaduvernay.com |
| Date of birth | August 24,1972 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Long Beach |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Parents | Darlene Maye |
| Joseph DuVernay, Jr. | |
| Awards | Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award |
| NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year | |
| BET Award for Video Director of the Year | |
| BAFTA Award for Best Documentary | |
| PGA Visionary Vanguard Award | |
| NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series | |
| GLAAD Media Award for Excellence in Media | |
| Glamour Award for Film Maker | |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Best Director (TV/Streaming) | |
| Official site | avaduvernay.com |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Siblings | Jina DuVernay |
| Height | 167 (cm) |
| Production company | ARRAY |
| Upcoming movie | Origin |
| Tv program creat | Queen Sugar, Colin in Black & White |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 406276 |
Middle of Nowhere
The Central Park Five
I Will Follow
This Is the Life
My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women in Hip Hop
August 28th
For Justice
TV One Night Only: Live from the Essence Music Festival
Life Itself
Black Girls Rock! 2015
The Door
Half the Picture
Selma
When They See Us
A Wrinkle in Time
13th
Ava DuVernay Life story
Ava Marie DuVernay is an American filmmaker. She is a recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award, a NAACP Image Award, a BAFTA Film Award and a BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee of an Academy Award and Golden Globe.
Early Life and Education of Ava DuVernay
Ava duvernay was born in long beach. California in 1972. She was raised in lynwood. California. Where she attended saint joseph high school. She then went on to attend ucla. Receiving a bachelor of arts in english and african-amreican studies.Career Beginnings of Ava DuVernay
Ava duvernay staretd her career in film and television with a focus on public relations and marketing. She then moved into directing. Producing and screenwriting. In 2008. She directed her first feature film. I will follow. She followed this up wiht her first narrative feature film. Middle of nowhere. Which won her the bets director award at the 2012 sundance film festival.Ava DuVernay s Notable Works
Ava duvernay has directed a number of highly acclaimed films. Including selma was nominated for an academy award for best (2016). Which won the primetime emmy award for outstanding documentary or nonfiction special. And a wrinkle in time (2018). Which was the first evre live-action film with a budget of over $100 million to be directed by a woman of color.Ava DuVernay and the Television Landscape
In 2017. Ava duvernay created and executive produced the critically-acclaimed television series queen sugar for the oprah iwnfrey network. The show. Which follows the lives of a family living in louisiana. Has been praised for its realistic and raw portrayal of the african-american experience. Duvernay has also executive produced the series cherish the day. Which debuted on the own network in february 2020.Ava DuVernay s Historical Achievement
In 2019. Ava duvernay became the first african-american owman to be nominated for a best direcotr academy award. For her work on the film selma.Ava DuVernay s Impact on Social Issues
Ava duvernay is an outspoken advocate for social justice. She has used her platform to bring attention to issues such as police brutality and mass incarceration. She has also worked to promote diversity in hollywoodc. Reatnig the african-american film festival releasing movement. Which works to ensure that films by and about african-americans are seen and celebrated.Ava DuVernay s Partnership with Disney
In 2018. Ava duvernay partnered with disney to direct a wrinkle in time. Which was the first live-action movie ever to be directed by a woman of color with a budget of oevr $100 million.Ava DuVernay s Latest Projects
Ava duvernay is currently working on the netflix miniseries central park five. Which tells the story of the five men who were wrongfully convicted in the 1989 central park jogger case. She is also set to direct an adaptation of the jack kirby comic new gods. Whchi is scheduled to be reelased in 2022.Ava DuVernay s Interesting Fact
Ava duvernay is the first african-american womna to receive the robert altamn award. Which she won at the independent spirit awards in 2015 for her work on the film selma.Madonna: Famous friends send best wishes to hospitalised star
... There were also well wishes from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava Duvernay...
Adele on Emmy win: Trust me to officially have an EGO
... The show combined a warts-and-all Oprah Winfrey interview with a performance at Los Angeles Griffith Observatory, attended by stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Ava Duvernay, Selena Gomez, Drake, Kris Jenner and Ellen DeGeneres...
Colin Kaepernick: Netflix drama follows the birth of a protest figurehead
... " He wanted to focus on his teenage years, " says Ava Duvernay, the Oscar-nominated director who co-created the series with Kaepernick...
George Floyd: Why are the companies speak this time?
... According to the National Football League, called for action, filmmaker Ava Duvernay hits, that the statement was beyond hollow + insincere , noting that the League barred only two years of kneeling during the national anthem at the games, according to athletic Colin Kaepernick did this in protest against the brutality of the police...
Golden Globes criticised for all-male director nominees
... The last female director to be nominated for a Golden Globe was Ava Duvernay for her film Selma in 2015 The lack of women directing films can t be ignored, with working on the top 250 US domestic grossing films in 2018...
The Central Park Five Raymond Santana, the unjustly imprisoned
... Raymond is in the UK for the I will tell film festival, the open with the drama from the acclaimed Director Ava Duvernay...
Viewpoint: What series on Central Park Five teaches us today
... Director Ava Duvernay s miniseries When They See Us tells the story of five young African-American and Latino boys who were falsely accused and wrongly convicted of attacking and raping a white woman in New York City s Central Park in 1989...
Central Park Five: The true story behind When They See Us
... Writer/director Ava Duvernay and Jharrel Jerome, who plays Korey Wise, on the set of When They See Us Now, the story has been turned into a four-part Netflix drama called When They See Us...
Adele on Emmy win: Trust me to officially have an EGO
Pop star Adele is One Step Closer to EGOT Status , after winning an Emmy for her TV concert special, Adele: One Night Only.
The term refers to stars who've won The Grand Slam of US awards - an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, covering TV, music, film and theatre respectively.
Adele's Emmy adds to her 15 Grammys and Oscar for The Bond theme Skyfall.
" I'm pleased as punch! " said The Star on receiving her latest prize. " Trust Me to officially have an EGO. "
The 34-year-old posed with her latest statue in a pair of Instagram photos, adding a laughing emoji to her Message .
One Night Only Won The Emmy for best outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) at Sunday Night 's Creative Emmy Awards - which precedes The main Emmys ceremony next week.
The Show combined a warts-and-all Oprah Winfrey interview with a performance at Los Angeles ' Griffith Observatory , attended by stars like Leonardo Dicaprio , Ava Duvernay , Selena Gomez , Drake, Kris Jenner and Ellen Degeneres .
It won four other prizes at The Emmys, for direction, sound mixing, lighting design and camerawork.
" Big up to everyone involved, " said Adele. " @griffithobservatory Thank You for letting me sing up on your mountain and Big Love to all The Other nominees. "
Those other contenders were Dave Chappelle 's controversial comedy special The Closer , The much-hyped Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, Norm Macdonald 's Nothing Special And One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga .
Adele's show was One of five shows to win five prizes at The weekend ceremony, alongside Stranger Things , Euphoria, The White Lotus and Peter Jackson 's four-part Beatles documentary Get Back.
The latter also moves Paul Mccartney and Ringo Starr One Step Closer to EGOT Status - needing just a Tony Award to complete The Collection .
Eminem also became an EGO, thanks to his participation in this year's Super Bowl Halftime Show, which picked up three awards, including One for outstanding live variety special.
RuPaul won a seventh consecutive Emmy for hosting his reality juggernaut RuPaul's Drag Race. That brings his total of trophies to 12 - The Most for any black performer in Emmy history.
Actor Nathan Lane won his first ever Emmy, after a record seven nominations without a win for guest roles in shows like Modern Family , Frasier and The Good Wife.
The Birdcage star picked up his trophy for playing Greek deli owner Teddy Dimas in The Disney/Hulu comedy Series Only Murders In The Building . The Show is also up for best comedy Series at next week's Primetime Emmy ceremony, while comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short are both nominated for best lead actor for their roles in The Crime caper.
Stranger Things ' awards included recognition for Music Supervisor Nora Felder , who made Kate Bush 's Running Up That Hill as a recurring motif of The Fourth Series - inadvertently around The World .
" A lot of people are relating to The Song , " she told reporters backstage. " I think children are having to go through lots of feelings of isolation. The Song allows them to kind of express how they're feeling. "
Squid Game's Lee You-mi became The First Korean performer to win best guest actress in a drama Series , for her heart-breaking portrayal of Ji-yeong (aka Player 240) in Netflix's dystopian thriller.
" I'm so very happy, " She Said , joking that her trophy felt " very heavy".
" It almost feels like a sense of heavy responsibility that I haven't practised, " she added, through A Translator . " I want to be able to do more with it Moving Forward . "
The late Chadwick Boseman also won a posthumous award for reprising his Black Panther role of T'Challa on Disney's animated Series What If…?
The award was accepted by his widow, Simone Boseman.
HBO's ferocious family drama Succession is The front-runner for The main ceremony, which takes place on 13 September. The Show received 25 nominations in total, including acting nods for almost all of The main Cast - Brian Cox , Jeremy Strong , J Smith Cameron, Sarah Snook , Nicholas Braun , Kieran Culkin , and Matthew McFayden.
Football comedy Ted Lasso and comedy-drama The White Lotus came in joint second with 20 nods each.
Source of news: bbc.com
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