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Matthew A. Cherry

Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn December 14, 1981 (43 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)
  • Bel-Air
  • Abbott Elementary
  • Whiskey Cavalier
  • black-ish
  • Swagger
  • Saved by the Bell (2020)
  • The Wonder Years (2021)
  • The Red Line
  • Clean Slate
  • The Last Fall
  • The Unicorn
  • Kenan
  • Grand Crew
  • The Last O.G.
  • mixed-ish
  • The Kings of Napa

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

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