Hair Love
2019
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Matthew A. Cherry (born December 14, 1981) 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). He is best known for the 2019 Academy Award-winning animated short film, Hair Love.
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 ...
The Hair Love short film hit theaters August 14th in front of Angry Birds 2 and won the 2020 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. https://www.amazon.com/Hair-Love-Matthew-Cherry/dp/0525553363/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QUGUZ4XK0GD3&keywords=hair+love&qid=1551216714&s=books&sprefix=hair+love%2Caps%2C184&sr=1-1.
Sep 22, 2023 · With ‘Young Love,’ Matthew A. Cherry Weaves a Warm Chicago Tale - The New York Times. Based on the Oscar-winning short “Hair Love,” the former N.F.L. player’s new series on Max tells the...
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Sep 20, 2023 · CNN —. Matthew A. Cherry, a former NFL wide receiver turned Oscar winner who created the hit animated short film “Hair Love,” wants to show with his latest project that young parenting is...
Feb 10, 2020 · A history-making Kickstarter campaign, book release, and movie deal with Sony Animation later, Matthew Cherry is now an Oscar-winning filmmaker for his short film "Hair Love." "'Hair Love' was done because we wanted to see more representation in animation. We wanted to normalize black hair," he said in his acceptance speech for best animated short.
Sep 21, 2023 · Matthew A. Cherry, the Oscar-winning creator of Hair Love, talks about his new show Young Love, which follows a Black family in Chicago. He discusses the tone, the representation, the challenges and the relatability of the series.
