maaarinetext: maaarine: MBTI & DirectorsAva DuVernay: ENFJ “Ava Marie DuVernay (born A
maaarinetext: maaarine: MBTI & DirectorsAva DuVernay: ENFJ “Ava Marie DuVernay (born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker and film distributor. She won the directing award in the U.S. 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 (2014), DuVernay 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. In 2017, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for her film 13th (2016). (…) The following year, she created, co-wrote, and directed the Netflix drama miniseries When They See Us, based on the 1989 Central Park jogger case, which has earned critical acclaim.” Sources: video, wiki/Ava_DuVernay. Transcript:I was a publicist before I was a filmmaker. I loved that job. It was a lot about nurturing, helping, protecting the people I was working with.Taking care of them. And I took that over into my filmmaking.I publicized films for over 100 directors. 98% were men, 79% white men. I saw the way they directed.I’d think: I would move the camera differently, and I would also say to the actor: “Good job.”A little bit more maternal. Iron fist in a velvet glove type of thing. Trying to nurture the safest, most warm environment that I can.“Safe space” just means comfortable. When you’re comfortable, you talk a little bit more, give more, try something different. My way is a very big sisterly, motherly aunt, kind of environment. Really making it more conversational:“You can do it. How do you feel? What do you think? I liked it, did you? I didn’t like it, did you?”You use whatever it takes but I think it needs to come from you and be authentic. Some male directors use humor.I’m not funny or sarcastic. I treat others the way I’d want to be treated. That’s my directorial style: be nice… until you can’t. -- source link