A director, producer, writer, marketer and film distributor, Ava DuVernay made her feature film debut with the documentary This in the Life (2008), a history on hip hop movement that flourished in Los Angeles in the 1990's. This was followed by series of television music documentaries which included My Mic Sounds Nice (2010) which aired on BET. DuVernay's first narrative feature film, I Will Follow (2010), secured her the African-American Film Critics Association award for best screenplay. Her follow-up, Middle of Nowhere (2012), won the Best Director Prize at the 2012 Sundance film festival, making her the first African-American woman to receive the award.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter (2023)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
- Episode 1x03: Director (Jan 7, 2024)
America in Black (2023)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
- Episode 2x01: Ava Duverney, Las Vegas Raiders President;,Black Love (Feb 6, 2024)
CBS Mornings (2021)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
- Episode 2023-12-12: Oprah Winfrey, Danielle Brooks, Julia Roberts, Ava DuVernay, Henry Winkler (Dec 12, 2023)
#blackAF (2020)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
- Episode 1x05: yo, between you and me... this is because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
- Episode 3x26: Ava DuVernay, Annabeth Gish, Suni Lee, Amy Grant (Oct 18, 2021)
The Beat with Ari Melber (2017)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2024-02-07: Episode 25 (Feb 7, 2024)
- Episode 2020-10-28: Episode 181 (Oct 28, 2020)
Queen Sugar (2016)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
(2 episodes)
- Episode S05 Special: Never Let Go (Feb 9, 2021)
- Episode S02 Special: Queen Sugar Season Finale Special, Oprah & The Cast (Nov 15, 2017)
Chelsea (2016)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
- Episode 1x67: Dinner Party: These Strong Women (Oct 19, 2016)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
- Episode 2019-05-21: Ava DuVernay (May 21, 2019)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2020-07-23: Stephen Colbert from home, with Ava DuVernay, Kristen Bell, Ben Folds (Jul 23, 2020)
- Episode 2016-09-06: Harry Connick Jr.; Ava DuVernay; Grouplove (Sep 6, 2016)
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x07: TV Directors (Aug 4, 2019)
- Episode 3x06: Drama Showrunners (Jul 30, 2017)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
- Episode 2018-05-21: Olivia Munn, Ava DuVernay, Brothers Osborne, Steven Wolf (May 21, 2018)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2021-10-27: Elton John, Ava DuVernay, Walker Hayes (Oct 27, 2021)
- Episode 2021-02-24: Awkwafina, Ava DuVernay, Mary McCartney, Chloe X Halle (Feb 24, 2021)
All In with Chris Hayes (2013)
Guest starring as Ava Duvernay
- Episode 2024-01-12: Episode 8 (Jan 12, 2024)
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2012)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
- Episode 6x08: Slave Trade (Feb 11, 2020)
The Talk (2010)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2024-01-22: Ava DuVernay, John Walsh, Callahan Walsh (Jan 22, 2024)
- Episode 2018-03-09: Ava DuVernay, Storm Reid, Joh'Vonnie Jackson (Mar 9, 2018)
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (2010)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
- Episode 2024-01-25: Episode 16 (Jan 25, 2024)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Director
- Episode 19x19: Origin, I.S.S., The Way Home, Season 2 (Jan 20, 2024)
The View (1997)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2018-03-07: Elaine Welteroth guest co-hosts, Ava DuVernay, Justin Hartley (Mar 7, 2018)
- Episode 27x80: Ava DuVernay, LaKeith Stanfield (Jan 11, 2024)
Good Morning America (1975)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
- Episode 2024-01-11: Ava DuVernay, Josh Hutcherson, Yellowcard (Jan 11, 2024)
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
Guest starring as Ava DuVernay
- Episode 2021-02-28: The 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2021 (Feb 28, 2021)
Crew Credits
Naomi (2022)
Show crew as Executive Producer
Show crew as Creator
Episode crew as Teleplay
- Episode 1x01: Don't Believe Everything You Think (Jan 11, 2022)
Episode crew as Writer
- Episode 1x13: Who Am I? (May 10, 2022)
Colin in Black & White (2021)
Show crew as Executive Producer
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 1x01: Cornrows (Oct 29, 2021)
Episode crew as Story
- Episode 1x01: Cornrows (Oct 29, 2021)
Cherish the Day (2020)
Show crew as Creator
Show crew as Executive Producer
Episode crew as Writer
- Episode 1x01: Genesis (Feb 11, 2020)
When They See Us (2019)
Show crew as Creator
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Part Four (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Part Three (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: Part Two (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Part One (May 31, 2019)
Show crew as Executive Producer
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Part Four (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Part Three (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: Part Two (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Part One (May 31, 2019)
Episode crew as Director
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Part Four (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Part Three (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: Part Two (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Part One (May 31, 2019)
Episode crew as Teleplay
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Part Four (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Part Three (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: Part Two (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Part One (May 31, 2019)
Episode crew as Story
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Part Four (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Part Three (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: Part Two (May 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Part One (May 31, 2019)
Queen Sugar (2016)
Show crew as Creator
Episode crew as Director
(3 episodes)
- Episode 7x13: For They Existed (Nov 29, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Evergreen (Sep 7, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: First Things First (Sep 6, 2016)
Episode crew as Writer
(14 episodes)
- Episode 7x13: For They Existed (Nov 29, 2022)
- Episode 7x11: We Can Be (Nov 15, 2022)
- Episode 7x08: Never To Be The Same (Oct 25, 2022)
- Episode 7x07: Our Senses Restored (Oct 18, 2022)
- Episode 6x09: Tossing in the Meadows (Nov 9, 2021)
- Episode 5x10: Onward (Apr 20, 2021)
- Episode 5x09: In Summer Time to Simply Be (Apr 13, 2021)
- Episode 5x07: June 1, 2020 (Mar 30, 2021)
- Episode 5x05: May 19, 2020 (Mar 16, 2021)
- Episode 5x04: Early-May 2020 (Mar 9, 2021)
- Episode 2x16: Dream Variations (Nov 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x02: To Usward (Jun 21, 2017)
- Episode 1x13: Give Us This Day (Nov 30, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: First Things First (Sep 6, 2016)