award-winning filmmaker
Ava DuVernay
award-winning filmmaker
About Ava
Ava Marie DuVernay is an American filmmaker known for her work across film and television. She has received numerous awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, a BAFTA Film Award, and a BAFTA TV Award. She is also a nominee for prestigious honors such as the Academy Award and Golden Globe. In 2011, DuVernay founded her independent distribution company ARRAY. Her directorial debut was with the film I Will Follow in 2010, and she gained notable recognition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her second feature, Middle of Nowhere, where she became the first black woman to win the directing award in the U.S. dramatic competition. Her film Selma about Martin Luther King Jr. made her the first African-American woman nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. DuVernay has directed other significant projects including the documentary 13th which was nominated for an Academy Award, and A Wrinkle in Time, making her the first African-American woman to direct a film with a budget of 100 million dollars. In 2023, she directed the biographical film Origin based on Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste. Her television work includes the OWN drama series Queen Sugar and two Netflix limited series, When They See Us and Colin in Black & White. She was listed on the Time 100 list of the most influential people in 2017 and was elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences board of governors in 2020.
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Latest interviews
Every podcast episode Ava DuVernay has appeared on, newest first.
The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
CBS News’ David Begnaud on Landing Oprah, Barry Diller and Building Do Good Crew
Mar 27, 2026
Intersectionality Matters!
76. The Story of Us 2026, Part 2
Mar 18, 2026
The Person Who Believed In Me
The Cold Pitch That Took Her From UNKNOWN To Hollywood | Ava DuVernay
Mar 16, 2026
Intersectionality Matters!
74. The Story of Us 2026, Part 1
Feb 12, 2026
Legacy Talk with Lena Waithe
Building a Legacy with Ava DuVernay
Aug 19, 2025
The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast
Mickey 17 with Bong Joon Ho and Ava DuVernay (Ep. 535)
Mar 28, 2025
UNDISTRACTED With Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Ava DuVernay Wants Us to Dig Deeper
Sep 12, 2024
Untying Knots
A Conversation with Ava DuVernay: Resistance, Storytelling, and Film
Jun 18, 2024
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The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast
4 episodes
Shows
4
Intersectionality Matters!
2 episodes
Shows
2
Fade To Black
2 episodes
Shows
2
The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
1 episode
Shows
1
The Person Who Believed In Me
1 episode
Shows
1
Legacy Talk with Lena Waithe
1 episode
Shows
1
UNDISTRACTED With Brittany Packnett Cunningham
1 episode
Shows
1
Untying Knots
1 episode
Shows
1
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