About

Known credits:
15
Birthday:
1981-12-14
Place of birth:
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Website:
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Matthew A. Cherry

Overview

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.

Known for

Directing
2019 Hair Love Directing Director 67
Fair
2016 9 Rides Directing Director 59
Average
2012 The Last Fall Directing Director 59
Average
The Come Up Directing Director N/A
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Tut Directing Director N/A
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Redd Zone Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2019 Hair Love Writing Writer 67
Fair
2016 9 Rides Writing Writer 59
Average
2012 The Last Fall Writing Screenplay 59
Average
Tut Writing Story N/A
N/A

Production
2023 Young Love Production Executive Producer 69
Fair
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Production Production Consultant 81
Very good
2019 Hair Love Production Producer 67
Fair
2018 BlacKkKlansman Production Executive Producer 73
Good

Editing
2016 9 Rides Editing Editor 59
Average