Ava DuVernay is not a director.
A Wrinkle in Time is an upcoming American fantasy adventure film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Jennifer Lee . Ava DuVernay . At the 2012 Sundance Film Festival , DuVernay won the Best Director Prize for her second feature film Middle of Nowhere , becoming the first African-American woman to win the award . With Selma , she was also the first black female director to have her film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture , though she was not nominated for Best Director .