Ava DuVernay

The body which oversees the Golden Globes has promised to address a reported lack of diversity in its membership during Sunday’s ceremony (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Golden Globes voters promise to address lack of diversity during ceremony

February 27, 2021

Teenage actor Jaden Michael will play a young Colin Kaepernick in a Netflix drama (Jennifer Graylock/PA)

Netflix announces casting for young Colin Kaepernick in drama series

October 27, 2020

Comedian and actress Niecy Nash has revealed she has married singer Jessica Betts (Yui Mok/PA)

Actress and comedian Niecy Nash surprises fans with wedding news

September 1, 2020

Ava DuVernay will narrate the documentary series (Ian West/PA Wire)

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay to narrate One Perfect Shot docuseries

August 7, 2020

Ava DuVernay (Ian West/PA)

Ava DuVernay leads tributes to civil rights leader John Lewis

July 18, 2020

Colin Kaepernick’s teenage years will be documented in a new Netflix series (Jennifer Graylock/PA)

Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay team up for Netflix series

June 29, 2020

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is among six people elected to the film academy’s board of governors for the first time (Ian West/PA)

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay elected to the Academy’s board of governors

June 11, 2020

David Oyelowo starred in Selma (Ian West/PA)

Oscars say they are ‘committed to progress’ after David Oyelowo’s Selma claims

June 5, 2020

Ava DuVernay has backed claims by actor David Oyelowo that Oscars voters said they would not vote for their civil rights film Selma after they showed support for a black man who died in police custody (Ian West/PA)

Ava DuVernay backs David Oyelowo’s claims over Academy voters and Selma

June 5, 2020

Nipsey Hussle and Kobe Bryant appear on the big screens during a tribute at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP/PA))

‘Artist and leader’ Nipsey Hussle honoured at Grammy Awards

January 27, 2020

Ava DuVernay (Ian West/PA)

Ava DuVernay criticises Stephen King over Oscar diversity comments

January 14, 2020

The company filed a separate motion to dismiss on behalf of Ava DuVernay (Ian West/PA)

Netflix asks judge to dismiss lawsuit over acclaimed drama When They See Us

November 26, 2019

Ava DuVernay addressed the Academy directly in a tweet (Ian West/PA)

Academy under fire for disqualifying Nigeria’s Oscar submission

November 5, 2019

Netflix and filmmaker Ava DuVernay have been sued by the company behind a controversial police interrogation technique featured in acclaimed drama When They See Us (Elijah Nouvelage/Invision/AP)

Netflix and Ava DuVernay sued over interrogation scene in When They See Us

October 15, 2019

When They See Us star Jharrel Jerome paid tribute to the “exonerated five” as he won his first Emmy Award (Phil McCarten/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)

When They See Us star Jharrel Jerome pays tribute to ‘exonerated five’

September 23, 2019

Ava DuVernay directs When They See Us (Ian West/PA)

When They See Us beaten only by Black Mirror in Netflix UK viewing figures

June 26, 2019

Donald Trump has refused to apologise to five men falsely accused of rape whose case has been made into a Netflix drama (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Trump refuses to apologise to wrongly accused men featured in Netflix drama

June 19, 2019

Ava DuVernay directs the series (Ian West/PA)

Netflix release trailer for When They See Us

April 19, 2019

Oprah surprises Ava DuVernay with a meet and greet with Bono

May 28, 2018

Ava DuVernay to direct DC superhero movie The New Gods

March 15, 2018