Born in Long Beach, California, in 1972, Ava DuVernay worked as a film publicist before directing, and founded the distribution company ARRAY in 2011. After I Will Follow and Middle of Nowhere (2012), which won her the Sundance directing award, she made Selma (2014), about Martin Luther King Jr. and the marches of 1965, and the documentary 13th (2016), on race and mass incarceration, nominated for an Oscar. She created the series When They See Us (2019) and directed Origin (2023), an adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson's Caste.
Filmography
- Middle of Nowhere (2012)
- Selma (2014)
- 13th (2016)
- Origin (2023)