FILM DIRECTOR

Cheryl Dunye

1966 - Today

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye (; born May 13, 1966) is a Liberian-American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and actress. Dunye's work often concerns themes of race, sexuality, and gender, particularly issues relating to black lesbians. She is known as the first out black lesbian to ever direct a feature film with her 1996 film The Watermelon Woman. She runs the production company Jingletown Films based in Oakland, California. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cheryl Dunye is the 1,977th most popular film director (down from 1,967th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Liberia (up from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Liberian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Cheryl Dunye ranks 1,977 out of 2,041. Before her are David DeCoteau, Stuart Beattie, Josh Cooley, Chris Williams, Jeff Fowler, and Joachim Lafosse. After her are Gina Prince-Bythewood, David Lowery, Rob Letterman, Jeff Wadlow, Hans Weingartner, and Boris Khlebnikov.

Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia

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David DeCoteau
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 1,971
Stuart Beattie
1971 - Present
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 1,972
Josh Cooley
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 1,973
Chris Williams
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 1,974
Jeff Fowler
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 1,975
Joachim Lafosse
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 1,976
Cheryl Dunye
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 1,977
Gina Prince-Bythewood
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 1,978
David Lowery
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 1,979
Rob Letterman
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 1,980
Jeff Wadlow
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 1,981
Hans Weingartner
1977 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 1,982
Boris Khlebnikov
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 1,983

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Cheryl Dunye ranks 851. Before her are Karl Petter Løken, Mukhsin Mukhamadiev, Mike Richter, Ben Folds, David Adjaye, and Yasin Malik. After her are Willie Anderson, Thomas Schäfer, Helen Morgan, Marcos Antonio Menezes Godoi, Sándor Hódosi, and Richard Steven Horvitz.

Others Born in 1966

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Karl Petter Løken
SOCCER PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 845
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
SOCCER PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 846
Mike Richter
HOCKEY PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 847
Ben Folds
MUSICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.73
Rank: 848
David Adjaye
ARCHITECT
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 849
Yasin Malik
POLITICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 850
Cheryl Dunye
FILM DIRECTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 851
Willie Anderson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 852
Thomas Schäfer
POLITICIAN
1966 - 2020
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 853
Helen Morgan
ATHLETE
1966 - 2020
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 854
Marcos Antonio Menezes Godoi
SOCCER PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 855
Sándor Hódosi
ATHLETE
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 856
Richard Steven Horvitz
ACTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 857