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Ava DuVernay is an American filmmaker, film marketer and film distributor

Film distributor

A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for releasing films to the public either theatrically or for home viewing...

Film Marketing

DuVernay formed The DuVernay Agency, later known as DVA Media + Marketing, in 1999. The award-winning marketing and publicity firm has provided strategy and execution for more than 100 film and television projects by directors such as Steven Spielberg

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, Michael Mann, Robert Rodriguez

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, Kevin Smith

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, Bill Condon

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and Gurinder Chadha

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Filmmaking

In 2008, DuVernay made her feature directorial debut with the documentary, This Is the Life. In 2010, she directed several network music documentaries, including "My Mic Sounds Nice" for BET Networks and the Essence Music Festival 2010 for TV One.

In 2011, DuVernay's first narrative feature film, "I Will Follow

I Will Follow (film)

I Will Follow is an independent feature film written, produced and directed by Ava DuVernay, and starring Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Beverly Todd, Omari Hardwick, Michole White, Dijon Talton, Royale Watkins, Damone Roberts, Tracie Thoms and Blair Underwood.Richardson-Whitfield portrays Maye, a...

," a drama starring Salli Richardson-Whitfield, was released theatrically. Roger Ebert championed the film, stating "'I Will Follow' is one of the best films I've seen about coming to terms with the death of loved one." "I Will Follow" was an official selection of AFI Fest, Pan-African Film Festival, Urbanworld and Chicago International Film Festival.

In summer of 2011, DuVernay began production on her second feature film, "Middle of Nowhere."

Film Distribution

On January 7, 2011, an article entitled "Building An Alliance To Aid Films By Blacks" by Michael Cieply was published in the New York Times about DuVernay's effort to organize African-American film festivals and orchestrate theatrical releases for black independent films. The collective is called the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement or AFFRM. DuVernay's "I Will Follow" marked the first theatrical release of AFFRM on March 11, 2011. "I Will Follow" grossed a per-screen-average of $11,563, and expanded from five screens in five cities to 22 screens in 15 cities after its first weekend.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2012	Middle of Nowhere Middle of Nowhere (film) Middle of Nowhere is a 2008 coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by John Stockwell, written by Michelle Morgan, and starring Susan Sarandon and her real-life daughter, Eva Amurri. It premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival...	Director/Writer	Narrative Feature Film
2011	I Will Follow I Will Follow "I Will Follow" is a song by rock band U2. It is the opening track from their debut album, Boy, and it was released as the album's second single, in October 1980. Bono wrote the lyrics to "I Will Follow" in tribute to his mother who died when he was 14 years old."I Will Follow" is the only song...	Director/Writer	Narrative Feature Film
2010	My Mic Sounds Nice	Director/Executive Produer	Television Documentary
2010	Essence Music Festival '10	Director/Writer	Television Documentary
2010	Faith Through The Storm	Director/Writer	Television Documentary
2008	This is The Life This Is The Life "This Is the Life" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is the theme song to the gangster comedy movie Johnny Dangerously. The song is about the perks and spoils of organized crime....	Director/Producer	Feature Documentary
2007	Compton in C Minor	Director/Producer	Short Documentary
2006	Saturday Night Life	Director/Writer	Narrative Short

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