Ava DuVernay
- Filmmaker, producer and director DuVernay is the first Black woman to be nominated by the Academy as a director in a feature category.
- She was the first woman of color to direct a $100-million-grossing film, the 2018 Disney fantasy adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time.
- Her Emmy-winning series When They See Us, which premiered in May 2019, became the most-watched series on Netflix.
- In addition to her distribution company, ARRAY, she opened the LA-based Amanda Theater in October 2019.
- In November 2018, DuVernay signed a $100 million deal with Warner Brothers.
