Matthew A. Cherry
Author of Hair Love
About the Author
Works by Matthew A. Cherry
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- Birthdate
- 1981-12-14
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Northwest Side, Chicago, Illinois
- Places of residence
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Education
- University of Akron (Bachelors|Media)
- Occupations
- writer
director
producer
editor
football player (American, wide-receiver) - Awards and honors
- Academy Award. Best Animated Film (2020)
Black Reel Awards. Outstanding short (2020)
African American Film Critics Association. Breakout Director (2020)
CinEuphoria Award nominee. Best Animated Film - International Competition (2021) - Short biography
- Academy Award winning filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry is a Chicago native and a former NFL wide receiver who played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Cincinnati Bengals, Carolina Panthers and the Baltimore Ravens.
In 2007, Cherry retired and moved to LA to pursue a career in entertainment landing work initially as a production assistant for commercials and music videos before transitioning to being a Set PA for the final season of the hit CW TV series Girlfriends and the third season of Heroes for NBC.
After learning on set behind the scenes Matthew started directing music videos in 2008 and now has over 20 to his credit with his first directing credit being the video “I'm Free” for R&B singer Terry Dexter. Since then, Cherry has gone on to direct music videos for various artists, including Michelle Williams featuring Beyoncé & Kelly Rowland, Tweet, Jazmine Sullivan, Chloe X Halle, Lalah Hathaway, Kindred The Family Soul and many others.
In addition to directing music videos, Cherry directed the live action short films “This Time,” starring Reagan Gomez-Preston & Terri J. Vaughn about a soldier coming home from war and trying to win the love of his life back, and “Forward” starring Kenny Copper & Ciera Payton about finding love in an unexpected place. Matthew also created the award winning web series "Almost 30".
Cherry is also a feature filmmaker and his first indie feature, “The Last Fall,” starred Lance Gross, Nicole Beharie, Vanessa Bell Calloway Keith David, Harry Lennix and Darrin Dewitt Henson. “The Last Fall” is loosely based on the difficulties Cherry's experienced after he retired from the NFL and attempted to transition back into the real world. [from his website]
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Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
This book is about a girl sharing how special her curly hair is and her father helping her make it special. She talks about how she loves her hair because it is a part of her mom and dad. This would be a fun book to have in the classroom library for 2nd and 3rd grade. I really like how this book focus' on personal identity and helps readers see the beauty in their unique selves.
a dad and daughter trying to perfect her hair for their mothers arrival, super cute and displays the effort and patience put in to taking care of her hair.
What a great read aloud and beautiful picture book. The story follows Zuri as she is trying to get her hair just right for her mother's return home. She asks her dad for help and it is a sweet story of the two of them working together to find the perfect look for the special day. This story connects dads and daughters and shows some of the love and effort that goes into a parent/child relationship and care/ pride of her beautiful hair.
This book is delightful. I LOVED seeing a story with an African American girl and her dad trying to do her hair. She wants it to be super special! And Zuri isn't super sure........
There isn't much of a plot but that doesn't mean it's not a story with sharing. It is a way to get diversity books into the hands of kids without being too in your face.
There isn't much of a plot but that doesn't mean it's not a story with sharing. It is a way to get diversity books into the hands of kids without being too in your face.
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- Works
- 2
- Members
- 1,645
- Popularity
- #15,616
- Rating
- 4.6
- Reviews
- 37
- ISBNs
- 23
- Languages
- 4