Age: 53
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Ava Marie DuVernay (/ˌdjuːvərˈneɪ/; born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is a recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, a BAFTA Film Award, and a BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. In 2011, she founded her independent distribution company ARRAY. After making her directorial debut with I Will Follow (2010), DuVernay won the directing award in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film, Middle of Nowhere, becoming the first black woman to win the award. For her work on Selma (2014), a biopic about Martin Luther King Jr., DuVernay became the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director; the film went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Her other film credits include the Academy Award-nominated Netflix documentary 13th (2016) and the Disney fantasy film A Wrinkle in Time (2018), the latter making her the first African-American woman to direct a film with a $100 million budget. In 2023, she directed the biographical film Origin based on Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020). DuVernay's television credits include the OWN drama series Queen Sugar (2016) and two Netflix drama limited series: When They See Us (2019), based on the 1989 Central Park jogger case, and Colin in Black & White (2021), based on the teenage years of NFL player Colin Kaepernick. In 2017, DuVernay was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. In 2020, she was elected to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences board of governors as part of the directors branch. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ava DuVernay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Ava DuVernay
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for Director in Bojangles: The Rhythm of a Dream
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"Bojangles: The Rhythm of a Dream" is a captivating biographical miniseries that explores the life of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, the legendary tap dancer and actor whose career spanned decades. Set against the backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights movement, this series delves deep into Bojangles' rise from humble beginnings to stardom, showcasing his struggles, triumphs, and the unique challenges he faced as a Black man in the early 20th-century show business. Bojangles, played by a charismatic and dynamic lead actor, is portrayed as a visionary with an unyielding passion for dance and an impeccable sense of style. Audiences will witness his famous partnerships, including his work with Shirley Temple in films that bridged racial divides, as well as his groundbreaking performances in Broadway musicals and on the vaudeville stage. But the story doesn’t shy away from the complexities of his personal life and the racist barriers he had to confront to achieve his dreams.
