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Matthew A. Cherry

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

Filmography

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

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