- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 13, 1966
- Place of Birth
- Monrovia, Liberia
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl Dunye (born May 13, 1966) is a film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and actress. Dunye is a lesbian and her work often concerns themes of race, sexuality, and gender, particularly issues relating to black lesbians.
Filmography
tvThe Hunting Wives
2025 · Director
movieRainbow Girls
2025 · Executive Producer
tvHollywood Black
2024 · Self
tvThe Emperor of Ocean Park
2024 · Director
tvDead Boy Detectives
2024 · Director
tvThe Rookie: Feds
2022 · Director
tvAmerican Gigolo
2022 · Director
tvY: The Last Man
2021 · Director
tvPride
2021 · Director
tvThe Equalizer
2021 · Director
tvBridgerton
2020 · Director
tvLovecraft Country
2020 · Director
tvAll Rise
2019 · Director
tvThe Umbrella Academy
2019 · Director
tvManifest
2018 · Director
tvYou
2018 · Director
movieDykes, Camera, Action!
2018 · Self
tvLove Is___
2018 · Director
movieDiAna's Hair Ego Remix
2017 · Director
tvClaws
2017 · Director
movieMansfield 66/67
2017 · Self
tvStar
2016 · Director
tvQueen Sugar
2016 · Director
movieBrother From Another Time
2014 · Director
movieBlack Is Blue
2014 · Director
movieValencia: The Movie/S
2013 · Director
tvThe Fosters
2013 · Director
movieMommy Is Coming
2012 · Cabby, Writer, Director, Producer
movieHooters!
2010 · Self
movieThe Owls
2010 · Carol, Director, Producer, Writer
movieMy Baby's Daddy
2004 · Director
Sisters in Cinema
2003 · Self
movieTruth Be Told
2002 · Writer
movieStranger Inside
2001 · Director, Writer
Women of Vision
1998 · Self
movieLavender Limelight
1998 · Self
movieThe Watermelon Woman
1997 · Cheryl, Director, Writer, Editor
movieGreetings from Africa
1996 · Cheryl, Director, Writer, Producer
movieSex Fish
1993
movieAn Untitled Portrait
1993 · (voice), Director
movieThe Potluck and the Passion
1993 · , Director, Writer
movieStrange Weather
1993 · Crystal
Complicated Flesh
1993 · Director
She Don't Fade
1992 · Cheryl / Shae Clarke, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
movieVanilla Sex
1992 · Narrator, Director, Editor, Cinematography
Janine
1990 · , Producer, Editor, Writer, Director
movieThe Early Works of Cheryl Dunye
— · herself, Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Early Works of Cheryl Dunye
— · herslef, Director
Black Is Blue
— · Director, Writer