Ava DuVernay (Maya Iman) In the space of less than a decade, DuVernay has distinguished herself as a voice of her generation, weighing in on the Black American experience, ...

Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay are two of the creative leaders honored for Variety’s 2022 Power of Women presented by Lifetime. For more, click here. Oprah Winfrey has spent most of her career ...

Ava DuVernay is speed-walking through her offices at 5 p.m. on Good Friday, wearing a construction hat and sweatpants and pointing out a loose board to a staffer. “I worked so hard on this ...

Ava DuVernay, the creator of "Queen Sugar," laid down a pioneering directive for her Oprah Winfrey-backed TV series: To hire only female directors, in an industry where women, particularly women ...

“We were told, ‘You probably shouldn’t do that.’ ‘That’s not going to work.’ But we did it anyway.” Ava DuVernay is smiling, but there’s a steeliness to her words. The director ...

Ava DuVernay Originally Had A Career In Public Relations, With Film Work On The Side. Judging by the quality of her work in films like Selma and 13th, you would have thought that Ava DuVernay ...

Ava DuVernay is speaking out after she was mistaken as the director of Queen and Slim and Harriet. By Alexia Fernández. Published on November 26, 2019 01:07PM EST. Credit : Frazer Harrison/Getty.

Ava Duvernay. Getty Images In 2016, while DuVernay was beginning production on her film A Wrinkle In Time , she lost her stepfather Murray Maye, who she was extremely close to.

Ava DuVernay's new MasterClass provides an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at directing her latest film "Origin." MasterClass has announced an exciting new course taught by acclaimed filmmaker ...

On Thursday, at the 2021 Forbes Power Women’s Summit, Ava DuVernay, award-winning producer, writer and director, shared her definitions of power, creativity, and progress.

Acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay once helmed a film about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—and now she can add a similar honorific to her name. Esteemed Ivy ...