Shaleece Haas

Shaleece is an Emmy Award-winning documentary producer and a director based in Los Angeles.

In addition to OLD PEOPLE DRIVING, Shaleece’s directing credits include REAL BOY (PBS/Independent Lens, 2016), which won more than 20 festival awards around the world; and the animated short TO THE FUTURE, WITH LOVE (POV Shorts, 2021). TEXAS STRONG (SXSW, 2018), a short documentary she produced with Lindsey Dryden, won an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Short Documentary.

Most recently she’s served on the producing teams for Q (2023, Tribeca/Sheffield); FOOD AND COUNTRY (2023; Sundance); DELIKADO (2022; Hot Docs/POV/Emmy Award Nominee); LOUDMOUTH (2022; Tribeca/Showtime); and ASIAN AMERICANS (2020; PBS/Winner: Peabody Award). She is currently producing UNTITLED DWARFISM PROJECT, directed by Julie Wyman, and GOD SENT US ALAN, directed by Rebekah Fergusson.

Shaleece’s films have received support from The Ford Foundation, IDA Enterprise, ITVS, California Humanities, Film Independent, and the Gotham, among others. Shaleece has been an Impact Partners Producing Fellow, a Film Independent Documentary Lab Fellow, and a Working Films Fellow. She is a member of Film Fatales, New Day Films, and the Queer Producer’s Collective.