Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye (; bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiin goli May biɛɣ'pinaata dali yuuni 1966) nyɛla Liberian-American sinii yaara, kpɛrikpɛrita n-ti pahi nucheeni baŋda.

Piligu biɛhigu 
Dunye nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Monrovia, Liberia ka leei nyɛ ŋun zoog Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. O nyɛla ŋun chaŋ Michigan State University.

 Tuma 
 Academics 
O nyɛla ŋun wuhi UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, Pitzer College, Claremont Graduate University, Pomona College, California Institute of the Arts, The New School of Social Research, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago n-ti pahi San Francisco State University.

Filmography
Director
Film
 Janine (1990) (10 minutes, Videotape, Experimental Documentary)
 She Don't Fade (1991) (24 minutes, Videotape, Experimental Documentary)
 Vanilla Sex (1992) (4 minute, Videotape, Video Montage)
 An Untitled Portrait (1993) (3.5 minute, Videotape, Video Montage)
 The Potluck and the Passion (1993) (22 minute, Videotape, Experimental Narrative)
 Greetings from Africa (1995) (8 minutes, 16mm, b&w, color, sound)
 The Watermelon Woman (1996) (85 minutes, color, Narrative Feature)
 Stranger Inside (2001) (TV) (97 minutes, TV movie)
 My Baby's Daddy (2004) (86 minutes, Narrative Feature)
 The Owls (2010) (66 minutes, Thriller)
Mommy is Coming (2012) (64 minutes, Romantic Comedy)
 Black Is Blue (2014) (21 minutes, Short)

Television
 Year Title Notes 2017–19  Queen Sugar  4 episodes2018The Fosters  Episode: "Line in the Sand" (S5)2018–21Claws2 episodes2018 Love Is Episode: "(His) Answers" (S1)2018 Star Episode: "All Falls Down" (S3)2019 The Chi  Episode: "A Leg Up" (S2)2019 The Village  Episode: "I Have Got You" (S1)2019 Dear White People  Episode: "Volume 3: Chapter V" (S3)2019 David Makes Man 3 episodes2019–21 All Rise  3 episodes2020Sacred Lies 2 episodes2020Lovecraft Country Episode: "Strange Case" (S1)2021 Delilah  2 episodes2021Pride Episode: "1970s: The Vanguard of Struggle" (S1)2021 Y: The Last Man  Episode: "Peppers" (S1)2022 Bridgerton  2 episodes2022 The Umbrella Academy 2 episodes2022 American Gigolo Episode: "Atomic" (S1)2022 Manifest Episode: "Rendezvous" (S4)2022–23 The Rookie: Feds 2 episodes2022–24 The Equalizer 2 episodes2024 Dead Boy Detectives Episode: "The Case of the Dandelion Shrine" (S1)

Actress
 She Don't Fade (1991) as "Shae Clark"
 Greetings from Africa (1995) as "Cheryl"
 The Watermelon Woman (1996) as "Cheryl"
 The New Women (2000) as "Phaedra"
The Owls (2010) as "Carol"
Mommy is Coming (2012) as "Cabby"
Dropping Penny (2018) as "Alpha Donna"

Editor
She Don't Fade (1991)
Vanilla Sex (1992)
The Watermelon Woman (1996)

Writer
She Don't Fade (1991)
The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Stranger Inside (2001)
Turnaround (2002)
The Owls (2010)
Mommy is Coming (2012)
Black is Blue (2014)
Brother from Another Time (2014)

Pina
 1991: Fine Cut Winner Independent Images: TV 12 WHYY Inc.
 1995: Artist Mentor Residency Award Film Video Arts Inc.
 1995: Media Production Award; National Endowment for the Arts
 1995: Vito Russo Filmmaker Award; New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival
 1995: Ursula Award; Hamburg Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
 1996: Audience Award at LA Outfest for Outstanding narrative feature - The Watermelon Woman
 1996: Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for Best feature film - The Watermelon Woman
 1996: Audience Award Créteil International Women's Film Festival
 1996: Audience Award; Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
 1997: Biennial Anonymous Was A Woman Award; Whitney Museum of American Art
 1998: The Rockefeller Foundation Award; The Rockefeller Foundation
 2000: Best Director Award; Girlfriends
 2001: Audience Award at LA Outfest
 2001: Audience Award from the Philadelphia Film Festival, and the Audience Award from the San Francisco International Film Festival.
 2001: Special Jury Award from the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival - Stranger Inside
 2001: Audience Award for best narrative feature - Stranger Inside
 2002: Audience Award and Special Mention at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival for Stranger Inside
 2002: London International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival; Best Feature Award
 2002: Lifetime Achievement Award Girlfriends 
 2004: Community Vision Award; National Center for Lesbian Rights
 2016: The Guggenheim Fellowship Award; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
2020: Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series; Black Reel Awards for Television - Dear White People
2022: Cinema Eye Legacy Award - The Watermelon Woman
2023: Brudner Prize, Yale University

 Lihimi m-pahi 
 List of female film and television directors
 List of lesbian filmmakers
 List of LGBT films directed by women

Kundivihira

Further reading

 Kumbier, Alana (2014). Ephemeral Material: Queering the Archive. 
 Mauceri, Marc (1997). Lavender Limelight: Lesbians in Film.
 Interview with Dunye (Chapter 18 of a book)

External links
 Official site 

 Video Interview  with Cheryl Dunye at QFest 2010
 Cheryl Dunye at the California College of the Arts

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