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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.