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Cheryl Dunye at an event for IMDb at San Diego Comic-Con (2016)

Awards

Cheryl Dunye

12 wins & 9 nominations

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Mommy Is Coming (2012)
    2012 Nominee Teddy
    • Best Feature Film
    • Mommy Is Coming
  • The Watermelon Woman (1996)
    1996 Winner Teddy
    • Best Feature Film
    • The Watermelon Woman

Créteil International Women's Film Festival

  • Stranger Inside (2001)
    2002 Winner Special Mention
    • Stranger Inside
    For the screenplay and the direction of the actors.
  • Stranger Inside (2001)
    2002 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature Film (Meilleur Long Metràge Fiction)
    • Stranger Inside

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • Jurnee Smollett and Jonathan Majors in Lovecraft Country (2020)
    2021 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
    • Lovecraft Country
    Episode: "Strange Case (2020)"

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Stranger Inside (2001)
    2002 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Stranger Inside

L.A. Outfest

  • Stranger Inside (2001)
    2001 Winner Audience Award
    • Outstanding Narrative Feature
    • Stranger Inside
    Tied with By Hook or by Crook (2001).
  • The Watermelon Woman (1996)
    1996 Winner Audience Award
    • Outstanding Narrative Feature
    • The Watermelon Woman

Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

  • Stranger Inside (2001)
    2001 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Stranger Inside
    For outstanding achievement.

Philadelphia Film Festival

  • Stranger Inside (2001)
    2001 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature
    • Stranger Inside

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • Stranger Inside (2001)
    2001 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • Stranger Inside
    Tied with Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001).

Seattle Queer Film Festival

  • Stranger Inside (2001)
    2001 Winner Audience Award
    • Favorite Narrative Feature
    • Stranger Inside

Black Reel Awards

  • Stranger Inside (2001)
    2002 Nominee Black Reel
    • Network/Cable - Best Director
    • Stranger Inside
  • Stranger Inside (2001)
    2002 Nominee Black Reel
    • Network/Cable - Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
    • Stranger Inside
    Shared with: Catherine Crouch

Mezipatra Queer Film Festival

  • The Owls (2010)
    2010 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Feature Film Competition
    • The Owls

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • The Watermelon Woman (1996)
    2022 Winner Cinema Eye Legacy Award
    • The Watermelon Woman

Chéries-Chéris

  • The Owls (2010)
    2010 Nominee Grand Prize Chéries-Chéris
    • Feature Film
    • The Owls

Black Reel Awards for Television

  • Elliot Page, Robert Sheehan, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Aidan Gallagher, and Emmy Raver-Lampman in The Umbrella Academy (2019)
    2024 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
    • The Umbrella Academy
    S3E3 Pocket Full of Lightning (2022)
  • Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton in Bridgerton (2020)
    2022 Winner Black Reel
    • Outstanding Directing, Drama Series
    • Bridgerton
    Episode: "The Viscount Who Loved Me (2022)"
  • Dear White People (2017)
    2020 Winner Black Reel
    • Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series
    • Dear White People
    S3E5 Volume 3: Chapter V (2019)
  • Queen Sugar (2016)
    2018 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Directing, Drama Series
    • Queen Sugar
    Episode: "Fruit of the Flower (2017)"

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