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Ava DuVernay
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Ava DuVernay
Ava Marie DuVernay
(born August 24, 1972) is an American
director
,
screenwriter
,
film marketer
, and
film distributor
. At the 2012
Sundance Film Festival
, DuVernay won the Best Director Prize for her second feature film
Middle of Nowhere
, becoming the first African-American woman to win the award. For her work in
Selma
, DuVernay is the first black woman director to be nominated for a
Golden Globe Award
. With
Selma
, she is also the first black woman director to have their film nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Picture
.
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