
Director
Matthew A. Cherry
Born 1981
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.
Directed

Young Sheldon
Director · 2017

Ghosts
Director · 2021

Hair Love
Director · 2019

Abbott Elementary
Director · 2021

black-ish
Director · 2014

The Wonder Years
Director · 2021

Whiskey Cavalier
Director · 2019

Saved by the Bell
Director · 2020

mixed-ish
Director · 2019

The Red Line
Director · 2019

The Unicorn
Director · 2019

Clean Slate
Director · 2025

The Last Fall
Director · 2012

9 Rides
Director · 2016
Redd Zone
Director

Tut
Director
The Come Up
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