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Cheryl Dunye is a Actor, Director, Writer and Editor American born on 13 may 1966

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye
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Nationality USA
Birth 13 may 1966 (57 years)

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.

Dunye was born in Liberia, and grew up in Philadelphia. Dunye has taught at the University of California Los Angeles, UC Riverside, Pitzer College, Claremont Graduate University, Pomona College, California Institute of the Arts, The New School of Social Research, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

She is currently an assistant professor at San Francisco State University and a mother of two children.

Biography

Ouvertement lesbienne, Dunye s'est fait connaitre du grand public avec son long métrage The Watermelon Woman, un film qui explore l'histoire des femmes noires lesbiennes.
Le travail de Cheryl Dunye concerne les thèmes de la sexualité, du genre et des problématiques relatives aux lesbiennes noires.

Dunye a grandi à Philadelphie. Diplômée d'une licence à l'université Temple et d'un master des Beaux-Arts de l'école d'art Rutgers Mason Gross. Elle a enseigné à l'université de Californie à Los Angeles, l'université de Californie à Riverside, le Pitzer College, l'université Claremont, le Pomona College, le CalArts, The New School, l'école de l'Institut d'art de Chicago et à l'université d'État de San Francisco.

Elle est mère de deux enfants et réside actuellement à Oakland, Californie.

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Filmography of Cheryl Dunye (3 films)

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Actress

The Watermelon Woman, 1h30
Directed by Cheryl Dunye
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Guinevere Turner, Cheryl Dunye, Camille Paglia
Roles Cheryl
Rating70% 3.5454253.5454253.5454253.5454253.545425
Cheryl is a young, African American lesbian who works in a video rental store in Philadelphia with her friend Tamara. They earn extra money by making professional home videos for people. Cheryl becomes interested in films from the 1930s and 40s which feature black actresses. She notices that these actresses are often not credited. She watches a film called Plantation Memories with a black actress who is credited simply as "The Watermelon Woman". Cheryl decides to make a documentary about the Watermelon Woman and find out more about her life.

Director

My Baby's Daddy, 1h26
Directed by Cheryl Dunye
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Eddie Griffin, Anthony Anderson, Michael Imperioli, Method Man, Marsha Thomason, Joanna Bacalso
Rating45% 2.2552752.2552752.2552752.2552752.255275
Childhood friends Lonnie (Eddie Griffin), Dominic (Michael Imperioli), and G (Anthony Anderson) have a rude awakening when they find out their girlfriends are pregnant. Lonnie and G have sons, Carver and Bruce-Leroy, and Dominic has a daughter, Jasmine.
Stranger Inside, 1h37
Directed by Cheryl Dunye
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Yolonda Ross, Davenia McFadden, Rain Phoenix, Ella Joyce, Conchata Ferrell, Lee Garlington
Rating62% 3.1422153.1422153.1422153.1422153.142215
Treasure Lee (Yolonda Ross) learns that her biological mother Brownie (Davenia McFadden) is incarcerated in an adult prison, so she purposely gets into trouble in order to be transferred from a juvenile facility to an adult women's facility in order to meet her. In the new prison, she reunites with an old friend Shadow (LaTanya Hagans). She meets new inmates, such as Leisha (Medusa), an aspiring rapper, and Doodle (Ella Joyce), a religious, homophobic woman who is involved with a male correctional officer.
The Watermelon Woman, 1h30
Directed by Cheryl Dunye
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Guinevere Turner, Cheryl Dunye, Camille Paglia
Rating70% 3.5454253.5454253.5454253.5454253.545425
Cheryl is a young, African American lesbian who works in a video rental store in Philadelphia with her friend Tamara. They earn extra money by making professional home videos for people. Cheryl becomes interested in films from the 1930s and 40s which feature black actresses. She notices that these actresses are often not credited. She watches a film called Plantation Memories with a black actress who is credited simply as "The Watermelon Woman". Cheryl decides to make a documentary about the Watermelon Woman and find out more about her life.

Scriptwriter

Stranger Inside, 1h37
Directed by Cheryl Dunye
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Yolonda Ross, Davenia McFadden, Rain Phoenix, Ella Joyce, Conchata Ferrell, Lee Garlington
Roles Writer
Rating62% 3.1422153.1422153.1422153.1422153.142215
Treasure Lee (Yolonda Ross) learns that her biological mother Brownie (Davenia McFadden) is incarcerated in an adult prison, so she purposely gets into trouble in order to be transferred from a juvenile facility to an adult women's facility in order to meet her. In the new prison, she reunites with an old friend Shadow (LaTanya Hagans). She meets new inmates, such as Leisha (Medusa), an aspiring rapper, and Doodle (Ella Joyce), a religious, homophobic woman who is involved with a male correctional officer.
The Watermelon Woman, 1h30
Directed by Cheryl Dunye
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Guinevere Turner, Cheryl Dunye, Camille Paglia
Roles Writer
Rating70% 3.5454253.5454253.5454253.5454253.545425
Cheryl is a young, African American lesbian who works in a video rental store in Philadelphia with her friend Tamara. They earn extra money by making professional home videos for people. Cheryl becomes interested in films from the 1930s and 40s which feature black actresses. She notices that these actresses are often not credited. She watches a film called Plantation Memories with a black actress who is credited simply as "The Watermelon Woman". Cheryl decides to make a documentary about the Watermelon Woman and find out more about her life.

Editor

The Watermelon Woman, 1h30
Directed by Cheryl Dunye
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Guinevere Turner, Cheryl Dunye, Camille Paglia
Roles Editor
Rating70% 3.5454253.5454253.5454253.5454253.545425
Cheryl is a young, African American lesbian who works in a video rental store in Philadelphia with her friend Tamara. They earn extra money by making professional home videos for people. Cheryl becomes interested in films from the 1930s and 40s which feature black actresses. She notices that these actresses are often not credited. She watches a film called Plantation Memories with a black actress who is credited simply as "The Watermelon Woman". Cheryl decides to make a documentary about the Watermelon Woman and find out more about her life.