Former NFL wide receiver, Matt Cherry won an Oscar last night for his animated short film, "Hair Love". Cherry wrote and directed the short which centers around an African American Father attempting to style his young daughter's hair for the first time. Check out the entertaining and poignant short here.
Back in 2016, Cherry put out a call for artists, claiming he had an idea for an "Oscar Worthy short film". Cherry created a Kickstarter campaign to get started, which had an initail goal of $75,000 and went on to raise over $300,000 -- the most ever for a short film project on the fundraising site. In March of 2019, Sony Pictures acquired the short film and released it a year later.
Way to go Matt !!
Back in 2016, Cherry put out a call for artists, claiming he had an idea for an "Oscar Worthy short film". Cherry created a Kickstarter campaign to get started, which had an initail goal of $75,000 and went on to raise over $300,000 -- the most ever for a short film project on the fundraising site. In March of 2019, Sony Pictures acquired the short film and released it a year later.
Way to go Matt !!
Also in memoriam, Richard Williams, animator extraordinaire, was mentioned at the Oscars as well. He will be greatly missed. Here is a clip looking back at his process.
