Ava DuVernay (Director ) was born in Los Angeles, California, USA on a Thursday, August 24, 1972 🎈. Ava DuVernay is 52 years old. She is a Virgo ♍ and was born in the Year of the Rat 🐀.
Award-winning filmmaker who has won major critical acclaim as the director of such films as 2012’s Middle of Nowhere and 2014’s Selma. For her work on Selma, she became the first African-American female to receive a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director.
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| FULL NAME: | Ava DuVernay |
| BIRTH DATE: | August 24, 1972 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| AGE: | 52 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | American |
| ETHNICITY: | Multiracial |
| ZODIAC: | Virgo |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Rat |
About
Ava DuVernay is a Director. Ava was born in the 1970s, in the middle of the Generation X generation. Generation X, also known as the "MTV Generation," are individuals born between 1965 and 1980. This generation saw the emergence of music videos, heavy metal, and hip hop. Nirvana, U2, Madonna, torn jeans, Beverly Hills 90210, and Friends also became popular. Gen Xers have also experienced significant events, including, fall of the Berlin Wall, the energy crisis, the Watergate scandal, the rise of the personal computer, and Terrorism at the Munich Olympics.
She and her two sisters were raised by their mother and stepfather. Find out who is Ava DuVernay dating right now.
She grew up in Compton, California and double-majored in English and African American Studies at UCLA.
DID YOU KNOW She founded the film distribution company The African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement, created to help with the distribution of independent African-American films.
FACT Her film Selma depicts the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches led by Martin Luther King Jr.
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Birthday
Currently, Ava DuVernay is 52 years old. Her next birthday is away. Ava will celebrate her 53rd birthday on a Thursday, August 24th. She shares a birthday with everyone who was born on August 24, 1972. Below is the countdown to her upcoming birthday.
Zodiac
Ava DuVernay’s zodiac sign is Virgo. People born between the dates of August 23rd and September 22nd belong to the sixth sign of the zodiac, Virgo. Virgos are known for being humble, practical, and systematic in their approach to life. Cancer is the most compatible sign for Virgos.
Famous Virgo celebrities are Beyonce, Prince Harry, Cameron Diaz, Salma Hayek, Chris Pine, Jennifer Judson, Bernie Sanders, and Agatha Christie. Virgo ruling planet is Mercury. Astrologically, Mercury symbolizes communication. It is the closest planet planet to the sun.
Ava DuVernay was born in the Year of the Rat. A rat represents fertility and wealth in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Rat are wise, quick-witted, intelligent, crafty, determined, resourceful, and smart. They can also sometimes be acquisitiveness, ruthlessness, and nervousness.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Ava DuVernay is a 52 years old Director, born in August, in the Year of the Rat (1972), and is a Virgo. Her life path number is 6. Ava’s birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx, and her birth flower is Gladiolus. You may also check out all famous birthdays in August or specifically birthdays on August 24.
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