Ava DuVernay
Awards, nominations, honors

Ava DuVernay

Section Title: Awards, nominations, honors
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Year	Award	Category	Work	Result

2011	African-American Film Critics	Best Screenplay	I Will Follow	Won

2012	Black Reel Awards	Best Screenplay	Nominated

Best Director	Nominated

NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Independent Motion Picture	Nominated

Sundance Film Festival	Directing Award	Middle of Nowhere	Won

Grand Jury Prize	Nominated

Film Independent Spirit Awards	Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award	Won

Humanitas Prize	Sundance Film	Nominated

African-American Film Critics	Best Independent Film	Won

Best Screenplay	Won

Best Picture	Nominated

Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Best Woman Screenwriter	Nominated

Women Film Critics Circle	Josephine Baker Award	Won

2013	Black Reel Awards	Best Director	Won

Best Screenplay	Won

Best Film	Nominated

Gotham Awards	Best Feature	Nominated

2014	Online Film Critics Society Award	Best Director	Selma	Nominated

Black Film Critics Circle	Best Director	Won

Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Best Director	Won

Breakthrough Film Artist	Won

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award	Best Director	Nominated

Georgia Film Critics Association	Best Director	Nominated

Breakthrough Award	Nominated

Golden Globe Award	Best Director	Nominated

Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Best Director	Nominated

Best Woman Director	Won

Female Icon of the Year	Won

Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Director	Nominated

Satellite Awards	Best Director	Nominated

Film Independent Spirit Awards	Best Director	Nominated

African-American Film Critics Association	Best Director	Won

Black Reel Awards	Black Reel Award for Best Director	Won

NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Director	Nominated

Online Film Critics Society	Best Director	Nominated

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	Best Director	Nominated

2016	Grammy Awards	Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media	Nominated

Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Best Woman Director	13th	Won

Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry	Won

Black Reel Awards	Best Film	Nominated

Best Feature Documentary	Won

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards	Best Director (TV/Streaming)	Won

Women Film Critics Circle	Best Woman Storyteller (Screenwriting Award)	Won

Courage in Filmmaking	Won

2017	Academy Award	Best Documentary Feature	Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special	Won

Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming	Nominated

Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming	Won

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In 2017, DuVernay was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, for her film 13th.

final_sentence: In 2017, DuVernay was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, for her film 13th.