Congrats, @avaetc.
Let us let the LA Times break it down:
In Hollywood, there are few measures that connote a director’s power greater than budget. This week, it became clear that Ava DuVernay has passed a power-player milestone, becoming the first woman of color to direct a live-action film with a production budget over $100 million, Disney’s upcoming “A Wrinkle in Time.”
DuVernay’s adaptation of the 1964 Madeleine L’Engle novel was on a list that the California Film Commission released Tuesday of projects receiving tax incentives to shoot in the state. “A Wrinkle in Time” will bring $85 million in qualified spending to California, state officials said, and receive an incentive of $18 million, the largest since the state program expanded in 2014.
Boom.
According to the paper, DuVernay is part of an extremely small group of female directors who have worked at that budget level, a group that includes only Kathryn Bigelow for K-19: The Widowmaker and Patty Jenkins, who’s helming the upcoming Wonder Woman.
Read the full LA Times article here. Also you can check out reviews and examples of DuVernay’s earlier work here.
