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

### 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). *[http://litwinbooks.com/queering-archive.php 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