Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye, a native of Liberia, holds an MFA from Rutgers University. Her third feature film, Miramax's My Baby's Daddy, was a box-office success. Her second feature, HBO Films' Stranger Inside, garnered her an Independent Spirit award nomination for best director. Cheryl's debut film, The Watermelon Women, was awarded the Teddy Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Her other works have premiered at film festivals and museums worldwide.

Cheryl served on the boards of Outfest (producers of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival), the DGA, and the IFP. She has been honored with a Community Vision Award from the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), awarded a Creative Excellence Award from Women in Film and Television, and was issued a Fusion Award from Outfest and was selected as one of POWER UP's 2008 Top-10 Powerful Women In Showbiz.