Ro Haber

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Ro Haber
OccupationFilmmaker, producer, screenwriter, director
Years active2013–present
Notable workNew Deep South: House of JXN, Jellyfish, Empowered, Relapse, Ink

Ro Haber [lower-alpha 1] is a transgender writer and director of commercial, music, and documentary films based in Los Angeles, California. [1] They attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. [2] In 2013, they were selected for the Outfest 2013 Screenwriters Lab for their feature screenplay Soledad. [2] [3] In 2014 their short Jellyfish won Outfest's Grand Jury Prize. [4] Their works have gained popularity and recognition for their work exploring LGBTQ life in a number of different styles and formats. [5] These works include films like Relapse (2015), We've Been Around (2016), Ink (2016), as well as documentary works like New Deep South (2017), Stonewall Forever (2019) and PRIDE: Ep 106, Y2GAY (2021) .

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They have also been recognized for their work and have subsequently been granted funding from a number of different fellowship programs for emerging filmmakers. Among these are fellowships in Sundance's New Frontier Lab (2017) as well as the Sundance Momentum Fellowship (2018), Film Independent's Episodic Lab, Outfest's Screenwriting lab, and also the American Film Institute's Directing workshop for women that was created to expose emerging filmmakers to a larger studio audience. [6]

Popularity of New Deep South

New Deep South, a film series directed by Haber and Lauren Cioffi, has grown in popularity since debuting in 2015. [7] The series aims to showcase the lives of the LGBTQ community in the southern United States by following real members of the community and detailing their experiences. [8] The three-piece series has been nominated for multiple awards and individual episodes have also received recognition. Episode 2, "Kayla", was awarded a Webby Award in 2017 for Best Documentary: Individual Episode. [9]

Additional work

Their recent projects include Braddock, PA, a documentary that takes a look at the lives of those in working-class Middle America. [10] This piece focuses on the industry life of those working in small towns and explores the relationship between the people and the environmental impact of their towns. As of 2018, they are working on developing a television show aimed at young adults. [11] Chingonas will feature elements of horror and is being developed in Film Independent's Episodic Lab. [12]

Awards

In addition to the fellowships they have been granted, Ro Haber has been presented with a number of awards at both the national and international level. [13]

AwardYear
GLAAD Award for Best Documentary (nominated), NY, New York2017
Audience Award at the New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA2016
Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA2016
Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Short - Outfest Film Festival2014

Filmography

YearTitleRole
2013JellyfishDirector & Screenplay
2015EmpoweredProducer
2015RelapseDirector & Screenplay
2016InkDirector
2017New Deep South: House of JXNDirector & Screenplay

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Haber is credited professionally as Rosie Haber at least through 2018.

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  2. 1 2 "JUNE AWARDS & ACCOLADES". Tisch NYU. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ Beth, Hanna. "Outfest Announces Five Fellows for 2013 Screenwriting Lab". Indie Wire. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ Goode, Laura. "War Stories: Rosie Haber". Fandor. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  5. ↑ Dry, Jude (2017-07-14). "8 Exciting Trans and Gender Nonconforming Filmmakers Shaking Up Hollywood". IndieWire. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  6. ↑ Hayes, Dade (2017-09-29). "Universal Sets Eight Directors For 'Directors Intensive' Program Promoting Diversity". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  7. ↑ "'New Deep South' series explores LGBTQ life in Mississippi". NBC News. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  8. ↑ "Here Is What It's Like To Be A Transgender High School Student In Mississippi". HuffPost Canada. 2016-06-28. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  9. ↑ "New Deep South - Kayla | The Webby Awards" . Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  10. ↑ Larson, Sarah (August 7, 2018). "'Braddock, PA' a Brisk, Remedial Documentary of a Rust Belt Town". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  11. ↑ "other | Rosie Haber". other. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  12. ↑ "Film Independent Selects Participants For 2018 Episodic Lab: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Awards $10,000 Episodic Grant", Film Independent, August 6, 2018
  13. ↑ "BIO". ROSIE HABER. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
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