African-American Scriptwriter, director, producer

Ava DuVernay made her feature directorial debut with the critically-acclaimed 2008 hip hop documentary, This is The Life. Winner of Audience Awards in Toronto, Los Angeles and Seattle, the film was released theatrically and debuted on Showtime in April 2009. The Los Angeles Times raved, "This Is the Life vaults into the upper echelons of must-see hip-hop documentaries".

In 2010, she wrote, produced and directed the feature, I Will Follow, starring Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Omari Hardwick and Beverly Todd. Released theatrically in 2011, the family drama was hailed by critic Roger Ebert as "one of the best films I've seen about the loss of a loved one".
DuVernay directed and produced three network music documentaries in 2010. My Mic Sounds Nice is a definitive history of female hip hop artists and holds the distinction of being BET Networks first original music documentary. Essence Music Festival 2010 is a two-hour concert film for TV One chronicling the nation's largest annual African-American entertainment gathering. Faith Through The Storm is a documentary for TV One about women in New Orleans who have reclaimed their lives after personal devastation during Hurricane Katrina.
DuVernay completed principal photography on her second feature, Middle of Nowhere (released in 2012). In 2015, her third feature Selma received many awards and nominations.
Previously, DuVernay worked in the world of film as a marketer and publicist for more than 14 years, forming DVA Media + Marketing in 1999. Her award-winning firm provided strategy and execution for more than 120 film and television campaigns for acclaimed directors such as Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Michael Mann, Robert Rodriguez, Kevin Smith, Bill Condon, Raoul Peck and Gurinder Chadha.
A UCLA graduate, DuVernay is the founder of AFFRM, the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement and a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. She is based in Los Angeles.

Nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe and winner of the BAFTA and EMMY, Ava DuVernay is a writer, director, producer and film distributor known for the historical drama Selma (2014), the criminal justice documentary 13TH (2016) and the recent Disney's cinematic adaptation of the classic children's novel A Wrinkle in Time (2018). She is currently in production on her next film, Central Park Five, while overseeing production of her hit American television drama series Queen Sugar. Winner of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival's Best Director Prize for Middle of Nowhere, DuVernay amplifies the work of people of color and women directors through her film collective ARRAY, headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
She is Jury member (Feature films) at Cannes Film Festival 2018 along with Cate BLANCHETT (President of the Jury), CHANG Chen, Robert GUÉDIGUIAN, Khadja NIN, Léa SEYDOUX, Kristen STEWART, Denis VILLENEUVE & Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV.

Source:
www.festival-cannes.com/en/festival/artist/ava-duvernay
Updated by Thierno I. Dia, on 10 May 2018

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Guionista, directora, productora (ESTADOS UNIDOS)

La guionista, directora, productora y distribuidora Ava DuVernay ha sido nominada a los premios Óscar y los Golden Globes, ha sido recompensada en los BAFTA y los EMMY. Ha adquirido una gran notoriedad gracias al drama histórico "Selma", de 2014, al documentario sobre la justicia "The 13th", de 2016, y a la reciente adaptación Disney cinematográfica del gran clásico infantil "Un pliegue en el tiempo". Actualmente está en la fase de producción de su próxima película, "Central Park Five", mientras supervisa la producción de la exitosa serie dramática "Queen Sugar". Fue ganadora del Premio al mejor director del Festival de cine de Sundance con "Middle of Nowhere" en 2012. Ava DuVernay ha sabido destacar el trabajo de los directores de cine de color y principalmente el de las mujeres a través del colectivo ARRAY, basado en Los Ángeles, California.

Source:
www.festival-cannes.com/es/festival/artista/ava-duvernay