I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have a job that put me close to them and close to filmmakers and close to film sets.
— Ava DuVernay
All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.
All the traditional models for doing things are collapsing; from music to publishing to film, and it's a wide open door for people who are creative to do what they need to do without having institutions block their art.
I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry.
