Ava DuVernay

Ava DuVernay is, to me, one of the most important filmmakers working today. Beyond the Oscar nomination, the Emmys and the BAFTA wins, what moves me is her insistence on telling stories that the industry long overlooked, and her decision to build ARRAY rather than wait for permission. She treats cinema as a tool for justice and memory, not just entertainment. That combination of artistic vision and structural ambition is rare. I admire creators who change the system from inside while making genuinely powerful work, and she has done both with remarkable consistency.

Name (English)

Ava DuVernay

Name (Japanese)

エイヴァ・デュヴァーネイ

Reading

えいゔぁ・でゅゔぁーねい

Born

August 24, 1972 (age 53)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rat

Origin

Long Beach, California, United States

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / film producer / television producer

University

University of California, Los Angeles

Awards & achievements

• 2013 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award
• 2012 Sundance U.S. Directing Award: Dramatic
• 2017 Time 100
• 2022 International Emmy Founders Award
• 2019 VH1 Trailblazer Honors
• 2015 Dorothy Arzner Directors Award

• Official sitehttps://www.avaduvernay.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ava/
• Xhttps://x.com/ava
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava%20DuVernay
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4827381

Tags

• California
• film director
• screenwriter
• film producer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.