User:Sunhea/CherylDunn

Cheryl Dunn is a documentary filmmaker and photographer who was born in New Jersey and graduated from Rutgers University with a BFA in Art History. After moving  to NYC in the mid 80's, she spent a large part of her career documenting city streets; and the people who strive to leave their mark there from graffiti writers, artists, skaters, boxers, bikers, protesters, and assorted characters. In the late 90's she began to focus on filmmaking, creating classic films about artists of her generation who have influenced the realities of urban life through their own work. Her films have played at numerous film festivals including, Tribeca, Edinburgh, Rotterdam, Hotdocs, Los Angeles, Havana, and on PBS. Her work has been exhibited in various galleries and museums including The Tate Modern in London, Deitch Projects in New York, and the  “Art in the Streets "exhibition at the Geffen Contemporary MOCA. Cheryl was one of the subjects in the documentary, book, & traveling museum exhibition “Beautiful Losers”. She has had two books of her photographs published; Bicycle Gangs of New York, and Some Kinda Vocation. Her soon to be released feature documentary “Everybody Street, New york City“ about photographers who have used New York City streets as a major subject in their work, world-premiered at HotDocs in Toronto in spring 2013. The film includes legends of the field including Bruce Davidson, Jill Freedman, Joel Meyerowitz, Bruce Gilden, Mary Ellen Mark, Jamel Shabazz, Ricky Powell, Martha Cooper, Elliot Erwitt,  Rebecca Lepkoff, Boogie, Clayton Patterson, Jeff Mermelstein with Max Kozloff and Luc Santé. [2]

Films
Filmography[edit]•

"EverybodyStreet"

Seaport Museum of NewYork, NY. September 14, 2010 - October 2010 FORMAT International Photography Festival 2011, Tate Modern. 2011 HotDocs, Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, 2013, [2]•

"Creative LifeStore" YerbaBuena Center for the Arts, SanFrancisco, CA; included in package for the book, Some Kind of Vocation(2007) [3]•

"Self-Made"

Helsinki Biennale, Design Museum of Helsinki, Finland. Oct 24 2008 - Jan 25, 2009

"Bicycle Gangs of NY"

Garden State Film Festival, cell phones and train stations through out the Republic of China, and Taiwan. March 2006

Tribeca Film Festival New York, NY. 2005

Darklight Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland. 2005

Raindance Film Festival London, England. 2005

Palm Springs Short Film Festival, Palm Springs, CA. 2005

Bicycle Film Festival, San Francisco, CA 2005

"Come Mute" - 10 min. "Beautiful Losers"

Res Screenings. Los Angeles, CA. 2005

Athens International Dance Film Festival 2004

Los Angeles Short Film Festival 2004

"Peace Consideration Community"

Mirror ball Endinberg International Film Fest & Pre-feature presentations throughout the UK 1999

Warchild Benefit for the Yugoslavian refugee Program. 1999

"Backworlds for Words"

Edinburg International Film Fest, Scotland 8-1999

Dance on Screen Film Fest, London 11-1999

Cut and Paste Film Festival. Iowa City, IA, 2000

"Adventure Divas"

Havanna International Film Fest 12-1999

"Sped"

Moving Pictures. Dagkrant - 26th International Film Festival Rotterdam 1997

Raygun screening Los Angeles, CA 2-18-1997

Edinburgh International Film Fest Scotland 8-1999, 8-2001

"Pro Abortion" by Susan Cienciolo (shot and directed segment)

Rotterdam International Film Festival 2-1997

Edinburgh Film Festival 9-1996

Books
Some Kinda Vocation - Picturebox, Iconoclast Editions. Brooklyn, NY. 2007

Bicycle Gangs of New York - DAP (Distributed Art Publishers) 2005

Current Exhibitions
"TRANSFER"- Sao Paulo (July 18 - October 18, 2010) Brazilian Cultural Pavilion. Ibirapuera Park.

"SCHUNCK"- PINKPOP NEWSEUM- (May 28, 29 and 30, 2010) Heerlen, the Netherlands.

"JOYRIDE"- BFF 10/ New York. (June 17-20, 2010) Dash Gallery. 172 Duane Street.