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Matthew A. Cherry

Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn December 14, 1981 (44 years)
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

  • Hair Love
  • Young Sheldon
  • Ghosts (US)
  • Abbott Elementary
  • Bel-Air
  • Whiskey Cavalier
  • black-ish
  • Saved by the Bell (2020)
  • Swagger
  • The Last Fall
  • The Unicorn
  • The Wonder Years (2021)
  • Kenan
  • The Red Line
  • Grand Crew
  • The Last O.G.
  • mixed-ish
  • The Kings of Napa
  • Clean Slate

Matthew A. Cherry Filmography

2025
Clean Slate (TV Series)
2022
Bel-Air (TV Series)
2022
The Kings of Napa (TV Series)
2021
Grand Crew (TV Series)
2021
Abbott Elementary (TV Series)
2021
Swagger (TV Series)
2021
Ghosts (US) (TV Series)
2021
2021
Kenan (TV Series)
2020
2020
2019
The Unicorn (TV Series)
2019
mixed-ish (TV Series)
2019
2019
The Red Line (TV Series)
2019
Whiskey Cavalier (TV Series)
2018
The Last O.G. (TV Series)
2017
Young Sheldon (TV Series)
2016
2014
black-ish (TV Series)
2012

2023
Young Love (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2019
2018
BlacKkKlansman · as Executive Producer
2018
The Last O.G. (TV Series) · as Co-Producer
2016
9 Rides · as Executive Producer
2012
The Last Fall · as Executive Producer

2021
Soul of a Nation (TV Series) · as Self
2020
GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self
2020
The Oscars · as Self - Winner
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2019
Tamron Hall (TV Series) · as Self
2016
Sunday Today with Willie Geist (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2013
The Real Daytime (TV Series) · as Self
2012
CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self
2012
CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self
1996
The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1953
The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self
1952
Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest

2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse · as Production Consultant
2022
The Oscars · as Producer: Celebrity Favorite Sequences

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