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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Janelle Smith and Marcus Jones seem like your average couple living in the heart of Atlanta. But behind their suburban facade lies a thrilling secret: they're both highly skilled government agents working for rival agencies. Janelle, a cunning strategist with a talent for disguise, and Marcus, a charismatic marksman with a quick wit, have been keeping their true identities hidden from each other for years. When a mission goes awry and their covers are blown, Janelle and Marcus find themselves pitted against each other in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Forced to team up to clear their names and protect their families, they must rely on their combined skills and undeniable chemistry to outsmart their enemies and uncover the truth. But as they race against the clock to unravel a web of lies and betrayal, Janelle and Marcus discover that the biggest threat may be closer to home than they ever imagined. With danger lurking around every corner and their lives hanging in the balance, they must learn to trust each other—or risk losing everything they hold dear.
