Cheryl Dunye

Sought-after director Cheryl Dunye recently served as producing director on season four of OWN’s hit drama “Queen Sugar,” from award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay, and she directed multiple episodes of the Peabody Award-winning “David Makes Man.” She is considered the most influential African American filmmaker to emerge from New Queer Cinema movement of the mid-1990s. Her groundbreaking first film, “The Watermelon Woman,” won the Teddy Award for Best Feature at Berlinale in 1996. Her 2002 follow-up, “Stranger Inside,” was nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Director. Since 2017, she has directed episodes of “All Rise,” “Claws,” “Love Is___,” and “Lovecraft Country” (all from Warner Bros. Television Group), as well as “The Chi,” “Dear White People,” “Star,” and "The Fosters.”