The Most Famous
FILM DIRECTORS from Liberia
This page contains a list of the greatest Liberian Film Directors. The pantheon dataset contains 2,041 Film Directors, 1 of which were born in Liberia. This makes Liberia the birth place of the 105th most number of Film Directors behind Singapore, and Mongolia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Liberian Film Directors of all time. This list of famous Liberian Film Directors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Cheryl Dunye (b. 1966)
With an HPI of 40.89, Cheryl Dunye is the most famous Liberian Film Director. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
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.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Liberian film directors born between 1966 and 1966. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Liberian film directors include Cheryl Dunye. As of April 2024, 1 new Liberian film directors have been added to Pantheon including Cheryl Dunye.
