Ava DuVernay
Director

Ava DuVernay Net Worth

Ava DuVernay is an award-winning filmmaker born on August 24, 1972 in Los Angeles, CA. She has won major critical acclaim for her films such as Middle of Nowhere and Selma. For her work on Selma, she became the first African-American female to receive a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day August 24, 1972
Birth Place Los Angeles, CA
Age 51 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Virgo

💰 Net worth: $3 million (2024)

About

Award-winning filmmaker who has won major critical acclaim as the Director of such films as 2012's Middle of Nowhere and 2014's Selma. For her work on Selma, she became the first African-American female to receive a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director

Before Fame

She grew up in Compton, California and double-majored in English and African American Studies at UCLA.

Trivia

She founded the film distribution company The African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement to help with the distribution of independent African-American films.

Family Life

She and her two sisters were raised by their mother and stepfather.

Associated With

Her film Selma depicts the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches led by Martin Luther King Jr.

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