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Matthew A. Cherry

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Matthew A. Cherry

Born
(age 44)
Credits
24 titles

Biography

Matthew A. Cherry is an American film director, writer, producer, and former American football player. He wrote and directed two independent films, The Last Fall (2012), and 9 Rides (2016), and is currently an executive at Monkeypaw Productions. He is best known for the animated short film, Hair Love, which was picked up by Sony Pictures Animation in March 2019 for distribution. The Kickstarter campaign for Hair Love raised over $200,000 and broke the record for the highest amount raised for any short film on the platform.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 2

YearTitleRole
1996 The Daily Show TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
1953 The Oscars TV Self (1 ep)

Crew credits 22

YearTitleJob
TBA The Come Up Film Director
TBA Redd Zone Film Director
TBA Tut Film Director, Story
2025 Clean Slate TV Director (1 ep)
2023 Young Love TV Executive Producer, Writer, Creator (12 ep)
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Film Production Consultant
2021 Grand Crew TV Director (1 ep)
2021 Abbott Elementary TV Director (1 ep)
2021 Swagger TV Director (2 ep)
2021 Ghosts TV Director (2 ep)
2021 The Wonder Years TV Director (1 ep)
2020 Saved by the Bell TV Director (2 ep)
2019 mixed-ish TV Director (1 ep)
2019 The Unicorn TV Director (1 ep)
2019 Hair Love Film Director, Producer, Writer
2019 The Red Line TV Director (1 ep)
2019 Whiskey Cavalier TV Director (1 ep)
2018 BlacKkKlansman Film Executive Producer
2017 Young Sheldon TV Director (2 ep)
2016 9 Rides Film Director, Writer, Editor
2014 black-ish TV Director (2 ep)
2012 The Last Fall Film Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
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