Matthew A. Cherry
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday14 December 1981 (44 years old)
Known credits24
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.
Clean Slate
2025 · Director
Young Love
2023 · Executive Producer
Young Love
2023 · Writer
Young Love
2023 · Creator
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · Production Consultant
Grand Crew
2021 · Director
Abbott Elementary
2021 · Director
Swagger
2021 · Director
Ghosts
2021 · Director
The Wonder Years
2021 · Director
Saved by the Bell
2020 · Director
mixed-ish
2019 · Director
The Unicorn
2019 · Director
Hair Love
2019 · Director
Hair Love
2019 · Producer
Hair Love
2019 · Writer
The Red Line
2019 · Director
Whiskey Cavalier
2019 · Director
BlacKkKlansman
2018 · Executive Producer
Young Sheldon
2017 · Director
9 Rides
2016 · Director
9 Rides
2016 · Editor
9 Rides
2016 · Writer
black-ish
2014 · Director
The Last Fall
2012 · Director
The Last Fall
2012 · Screenplay
The Last Fall
2012 · Executive Producer
The Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The Come Up
Director
Redd Zone
Director
Tut
Director
Tut
Story
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