Ava DuVernay net worth: 'Home Sweet Home' creator inked $100M deal with Warner Bros
NBC is soon to debut a brilliant new docu-series created by Ava DuVernay. ' Home Sweet Home' aims to be a heartwarming watch with a uniquely sweet and wholesome concept. Described as a family social experiment, Duvernay’s first unscripted series will hit the screens at 8 pm Friday, October 15. It’s also the Emmy winner and Oscar nominee’s first series for NBC.The nine-episode 'Home Sweet Home' is produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Warner Horizon and Array Filmworks.
'Home Sweet Home' will follow families across the nation as they switch up their lives with that of other families. We're talking about a change of housing, food, lifestyle.. the whole works. The families will get to experience and understand the lives of those different from them as they come together at the end of it to share their experiences. The social experiment series is already garnering curiosity as the premiere approaches. But before that let's take a close look at DuVernay's personal life.
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Ava DuVernay life and career highs
Ava Marie DuVernay is an American filmmaker. DuVernay's initial interest lay in journalism, a choice made due to an internship with CBS News. DuVernay later became disillusioned with journalism and stepped into public relations, working as a junior publicist at 20th Century Fox, Savoy Pictures, and a few other PR agencies. She opened her own public relations firm, The DuVernay Agency, also known as DVAPR. In 2005 Ava made her first film, a short called 'Saturday Night Life'. This led her down the path of filmmaking.
Later she directed 'Selma', a $20 million budget dramatic about Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., President Lyndon B. Johnson, and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights which was released to critical acclaim. She won the directing award in the US dramatic competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film 'Middle of Nowhere' becoming the first Black woman to win the award. For her work on 'Selma' she once again became the first Black woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and also the first Black female director to have her film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. She has had a diverse career in film, advertisements, documentaries, music videos, and more. She has been included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Last year saw her elected to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Board of governors as part of the director's branch.
What is Ava DuVernay's net worth?
Аѕ оf 2021, DuVеrnау hаѕ gаthеrеd а approximate nеt wоrth оf $70 mіllіоn. DuVernay has had a rich career in films and hаѕ gаthеrеd mоѕt оf hеr еаrnіngѕ frоm that. Неr wоrk оn thе mоvіеѕ 'Ѕеlmа,' '13th', аnd 'Міddlе оf Nоwhеrе' saw brilliant success under her guidance. Іn аddіtіоn tо dіrесtіng fіlmѕ, ѕhе has also dіrесtеd thе Nеtflіх wеb ѕеrіеѕ 'Whеn Тhеу Ѕее Uѕ', which saw a tremendous amount of love and success. She also has her own company called Forward Movement.
Apart from movies, DuVernay also has sizeable real estate. In 2020, a year after buying one of the most expensive homes in Los Angeles’s Los Feliz neighborhood, DuVernay listed her other Hollywood Hills home for $2.475 million, Variety reports. She originally bought the 3,600-square-foot property in May 2017, at which time she paid just under $2 million. Her new home in Los Feliz sits on a secluded half-acre of land and spans more than 6,300 square feet, with five bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms. The Mediterranean-style property, which she bought from The OC creator Josh Schwartz in November 2019 for $9.8 million, includes a wine vault, movie theater, and chef’s kitchen in the main house, plus a detached guesthouse, formal gardens, and an Olympic-size saltwater pool.
In November of 2018, DuVernay made yet another huge stride and signed a $100 million multi-year exclusive production deal with Warner Brothers. She and her company Forward Movement will be producing TV and movie projects for the studio to compete with Netflix. Besides this Ava also hаѕ а роdсаѕt ѕеrіеѕ, аnd bеfоrе wоrkіng іn fіlmѕ, ѕhе wоrkеd оn mоvіе саmраіgnѕ аѕ wеll thrоugh hеr РR fіrm DVАРR. All of this has contributed to a handsome salary. Тhеrеfоrе, іt’ѕ оnlу safe to say ѕhе hаѕ a remarkable nеt wоrth.
'Home Sweet Home' will premiere on October 15, 2021, on Friday at 8/7c on Bravo and later on Peacock TV.