Christopher Scott Cherot

{{short description|American film director|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Christopher Scott Cherot | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = The Bronx, New York, U.S | other_names = | occupation = Actor, director, writer | alma_mater = New York University,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/alumni/alumni-news/2021-naacp-awards | title=2021 NAACP Image Award Nominees }}</ref>'93 BFA Film and Television | years_active = 1997–present }} '''Christopher Scott Cherot''' is an American actor, writer and director, best known for his debut romantic comedy film, ''Hav Plenty'' (1997), a true story that he wrote, edited, produced, acted in and directed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hav_plenty|title=Hav Plenty - Rotten Tomatoes|date=June 19, 1998|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blavity.com/|title=The Community for Black Creativity and News - Blavity News|website=Blavity News & Entertainment}}</ref> For his debut film, Cherot won Acapulco Black Film Festival Awards for Best Screenplay and Best of Festival, and received nomination at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ew.com/article/1998/02/06/sundance-film-festival-98-talent-pool/|title=Sundance Film Festival '98: The Talent Pool|website=EW.com}}</ref>

Cherot also directed ''G'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/g|title=G - Rotten Tomatoes|date=May 10, 2002|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref> loosely based on ''The Great Gatsby'', as well as ''The Male Groupie'' (2004), ''Andre Royo's Big Scene'' (2004), and the BET reality series ''College Hill'' (2004), an urban version of MTV's ''The Real World'', and edited the first season of LOGO's ''Noah's Arc'' (2006). His other credits include ''Mooz-lum'' (2010) and ''Black Love'' (2017–2022).

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0156017|name=Christopher Scott Cherot}}

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