In addition to her latest feature film, Middle of Nowhere, Ava DuVernay’s directorial work includes the critically acclaimed dramatic feature I Will Follow, as well as the musical documentaries This Is the Life and My Mic Sounds Nice. The UCLA graduate is the founder of the African American Film Festival Releasing Movement, better known as AFFRM. –Sundance
She just won the Best Director award at Sundance 2012 for the great Middle of Nowhere! Maybe that will get her more fans on here than the two dedicated ones that she has on this page already!