Ava DuVernay

Winner of the Emmy, BAFTA and Peabody Awards, Academy award nominee Ava DuVernay is a writer, director, producer and film distributor.
Her directorial work includes SELMA, 13TH and Disney’s A WRINKLE IN TIME, which made her the highest grossing Black woman director in American box office history. Based on the infamous case of The Central Park Five, her project, WHEN THEY SEE US, was released worldwide on Netflix in May 2019.
Currently, she oversees production on her critically-acclaimed TV series Queen Sugar, her upcoming Naomi on The CW and DMZ on HBO Max. Winner of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival’s Best Director Prize for her micro-budget film MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, DuVernay amplifies the work of people of color and women through her non-profit film collective ARRAY Now.
DuVernay sits on the advisory board of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and chairs the Prada Diversity Council.