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Matthew A. Cherry
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 Rid…
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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.
Filmography
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2025
Clean Slate
TV show Director
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2023
Young Love
TV show Executive Producer
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2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Movie Production Consultant
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2021
Grand Crew
TV show Director
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2021
Abbott Elementary
TV show Director
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2021
Swagger
TV show Director
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2021
Ghosts
TV show Director
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2021
The Wonder Years
TV show Director
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2020
Saved by the Bell
TV show Director
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2019
mixed-ish
TV show Director
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2019
The Unicorn
TV show Director
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2019
Hair Love
Movie Director
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2019
The Red Line
TV show Director
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2019
Whiskey Cavalier
TV show Director
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2018
BlacKkKlansman
Movie Executive Producer
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2017
Young Sheldon
TV show Director
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2016
9 Rides
Movie Director
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2014
black-ish
TV show Director
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2012
The Last Fall
Movie Director
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1996
The Daily Show
TV show Self - Guest
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
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Redd Zone
Movie Director
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Tut
Movie Director
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The Come Up
Movie Director
