1972 - Today
Ava Marie DuVernay (; born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is a recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award, two NAACP Image Award, a BAFTA Film Award, and a BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee of an Academy Award and Golden Globe. In 2011, she founded her independent distribution company ARRAY. After making her directoral debut, 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ava DuVernay has received more than 5,285,571 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ava DuVernay is the 1,678th most popular film director (down from 1,407th in 2019), the 13,616th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,488th in 2019) and the 509th most popular American Film Director.
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Among film directors, Ava DuVernay ranks 1,678 out of 1,581. Before her are Rob Bowman, John Moore, James DeMonaco, David Dobkin, Joseph Cedar, and Harald Zwart. After her are Newton Thomas Sigel, Marielle Heller, Pablo Trapero, Douglas McGrath, Dan Povenmire, and David Slade.
1960 - Present
HPI: 35.25
Rank: 1,672
1970 - Present
HPI: 35.13
Rank: 1,673
1969 - Present
HPI: 35.08
Rank: 1,674
1969 - Present
HPI: 35.07
Rank: 1,675
1968 - Present
HPI: 35.00
Rank: 1,676
1965 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 1,677
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 1,678
1955 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 1,679
1979 - Present
HPI: 34.93
Rank: 1,680
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.91
Rank: 1,681
1958 - 2022
HPI: 34.88
Rank: 1,682
1963 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 1,683
1969 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 1,684
Among people born in 1972, Ava DuVernay ranks 587. Before her are Paul Okon, Jean-Luc Brassard, Eimear Quinn, Zanele Muholi, Jasmin St. Claire, and Zoltan Sabo. After her are Yermakhan Ibraimov, Loek van Wely, Ueslei, Sérgio Manoel, Jean-Jacques Tizié, and Bang Soo-hyun.
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.07
Rank: 581
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.06
Rank: 582
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.06
Rank: 583
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.00
Rank: 584
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.99
Rank: 585
1972 - 2020
HPI: 34.96
Rank: 586
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 587
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.93
Rank: 588
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.91
Rank: 589
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.90
Rank: 590
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 591
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.86
Rank: 592
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.86
Rank: 593
Among people born in United States, Ava DuVernay ranks 13,616 out of 18,182. Before her are Jay Gould II (1888), Seth Curry (1990), Fiona Dourif (1981), Grayson Hall (1922), Diego Corrales (1977), and Mike Budenholzer (1969). After her are Will Pan (1980), Shane Larkin (1992), Newton Thomas Sigel (1955), Albert Brewer (1928), Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913), and 2 Chainz (1977).
1888 - 1935
HPI: 34.95
Rank: 13,610
1990 - Present
HPI: 34.95
Rank: 13,611
1981 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 13,612
1922 - 1985
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 13,613
1977 - 2007
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 13,614
1969 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 13,615
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 13,616
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 13,617
1992 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 13,618
1955 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 13,619
1928 - 2017
HPI: 34.93
Rank: 13,620
1913 - 2001
HPI: 34.93
Rank: 13,621
1977 - Present
HPI: 34.93
Rank: 13,622
Among film directors born in United States, Ava DuVernay ranks 509. Before her are Nia DaCosta (1989), Rawson Marshall Thurber (1975), Rob Bowman (1960), James DeMonaco (1969), David Dobkin (1969), and Joseph Cedar (1968). After her are Newton Thomas Sigel (1955), Marielle Heller (1979), Douglas McGrath (1958), Dan Povenmire (1963), David Nutter (1960), and Ira Sachs (1965).
1989 - Present
HPI: 35.26
Rank: 503
1975 - Present
HPI: 35.26
Rank: 504
1960 - Present
HPI: 35.25
Rank: 505
1969 - Present
HPI: 35.08
Rank: 506
1969 - Present
HPI: 35.07
Rank: 507
1968 - Present
HPI: 35.00
Rank: 508
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 509
1955 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 510
1979 - Present
HPI: 34.93
Rank: 511
1958 - 2022
HPI: 34.88
Rank: 512
1963 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 513
1960 - Present
HPI: 34.78
Rank: 514
1965 - Present
HPI: 34.73
Rank: 515