The film Selma was nominated in the Academy Awards for Best Picture .
In 2017 , she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for her film 13th ( 2016 ) .DuVernay 's 2018 fantasy film A Wrinkle in Time , had a production and marketing budget between $ 150 million and $ 250 million , making her the first black-American woman to direct a live-action film with a budget of that size .
Ava DuVernay