Cheryl Dunye

**Cheryl Dunye** (Liberia, 1966ko maiatzaren 13a) zinema zuzendari, ekoizle, gidoilari, editore eta aktore liberiar-estatubatuarra da, eta ezaguna da 1996an *The Watermelon Woman* filmagatik.''* 

## Biografia 
Dunye Liberian jaio zen, eta Filadelfian hazi zen. Templeko Unibertsitatean graduatu zen, eta Rutgers Unibertsitateko Masson Gross School of Art-en osatu zuen bere maisutasuna.

Kaliforniako Unibertsitatean (Los Angeles), UC Santa Cruz, Pitzer College, Claremont Graduate University, Pomona College, Kaliforniako Arteen Institutua, The New School of Social Research, Chicagoko School of the Art Institute eta San Frantziskoko Estatuko Unibertsitatean irakatsi izan du.

*The* *Watermelon Woman*, bere debuteko filma, zinemagile lesbiana beltza izan nahi duen emakume batengan ardazten da, zeinak lesbiana beltzen historia zinemaren historian ikusarazi nahi duen, bere lan propioa ekoizten saiatzen den bitartean, eta baieztatzen du "gure istorioak ez direla inoiz kontatuak izan". Dokumental faltsuaren gaia da Hollywooden lan egin duten lesbiana beltzek duten zailtasuna artxiboko iturrietan nabigatzeko, baztertzen edo ikusezin bilakarazten dituztelako; Fae Richards  fikziozko aktorea jartzen du adibide gisa; haren pertsonaiak ematen dio izena filmari izenburua.

1999an, Sundanceko Zinemaldiko epaimahaikide izan zen.

## Bizitza pertsonala 
Dunye lesbiana da.

Bi seme-alabaren ama da, eta gaur egun Oaklanden (Kalifornia) bizi da.

## Filmografia 
### Aktorea 
* *She Don't Fade* (1991)

* *Vanilla Sex* (1992)

* *The Watermelon Woman* (1996)

### Idazlea 
* *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)

## Sariak 
* 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
* 2019: José Muñoz Award from CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center
* 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

## Erreferentziak 
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