List of awards and nominations received by Ava DuVernay

This is a list of awards and nominations received by American director and screenwriter Ava DuVernay.

Active in the cinematographic field since 2000s, DuVernay started as an independent director, received critics associations accolades for This Is the Life (2008), I Will Follow (2010) and Middle of Nowhere (2012), for which she was recognized with the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award. In 2014 she directed Selma based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches, which was nominated for Best Picture at the 87th Academy Awards, and gave her a nomination at the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. The related soundtrack album generated her a Grammy Award nomination as a producer.

In 2013 DuVernay produced, wrote and directed documentary film 13th, becoming the first black woman nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Her work was honored with two Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award, two Critics' Choice Documentary Awards and tow BAFTA Award, including the John Schlesinger Award for Excellence in Directing.

Since 2016 she directed and wrote episodes of television series Queen Sugar, winning a NAACP Image Award, and When They See Us, being nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2018 she made her video direction debout with "Family Feud" by Jay-Z and Beyoncé, winning the BET Award for Video Director of the Year. In 2024 she directed Origin, competing at the 80th Venice International Film Festival for Golden Lion.

DuVernay was also honored by the Royal Photographic Society, the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize and the International Emmy Awards. In 2020 she was honored for her independent distribution company ARRAY with the Industrial Honor by the Peabody Awards.

Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

BAFTA Awards
The BAFTA Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to honour the best British and international contributions to film, TV shows and video-games.

Emmy Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television.

Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards are accolades presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry.

Critics' Choice Awards
The Critics' Choice Movie Awards or Broadcast Film Critics Association Award is an awards show presented annually by the American-Canadian Critics Choice Association (CCA) to honor the finest in cinematic achievement.

Directors Guild of America Awards
The Directors Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the Directors Guild of America.

Film Independent Spirit Awards
The Film Independent Spirit Awards are awards presented annually to independent filmmakers by Film Independent.

GLAAD Media Awards
The GLAAD Media Awards is an annual presentation of the GLAAD Media Awards, presented by GLAAD, honoring films, television shows, musicians and works of journalism that fairly and accurately represent the LGBT community and issues relevant to the community.

Gotham Awards
The Gotham Awards are American film awards, presented annually to the makers of independent films by the Gotham Film & Media Institute.

IDA Documentary Awards
The IDA Documentary Awards is an annual event organized by the International Documentary Association that recognises and honours outstanding documentary films and filmmakers.

NAACP Image Awards
The NAACP Image Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding performances in film, television, theatre, music, and literature.

Peabody Awards
The Peabody Awards honor what are described as the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and online media.

Producers Guild of America Awards
The Producers Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the Producers Guild of America.

Royal Photographic Society Awards
The Royal Photographic Society presents a series of awards to photographers and other individuals in photography.

Satellite Awards
The Satellite Awards is an award ceremony honoring the year's outstanding performers, films, television shows, home videos and interactive media, presented by the International Press Academy.

The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize is given annually by JPMorgan Chase Bank to "a man or woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind's enjoyment and understanding of life".

Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival is part of the Venice Biennale and is the world's oldest film festival.