{{short description|American screenwriter}}

{{Infobox person | name = Ro Haber | image = | occupation = Filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, director | years_active = 2013–present | notable_works = ''New Deep South: House of JXN'', ''Jellyfish'', ''Empowered'', ''Relapse'', ''Ink'' }} '''Ro Haber'''{{efn|Haber is credited professionally as '''Rosie Haber''' at least through 2018.}} is a transgender writer and director of commercial, music, and documentary films based in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web|title=Team|url=http://www.wevebeenaround.com/team/|website=Wev'e Been Around|access-date=March 16, 2017}}</ref> They attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.<ref name=tisch_june>{{cite web|title=JUNE AWARDS & ACCOLADES|url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/tisch-asia/news/2013/07/june-awards-accolades|website=Tisch NYU|access-date=March 16, 2017}}</ref> In 2013, they were selected for the Outfest 2013 Screenwriters Lab for their feature screenplay ''Soledad''.<ref name=tisch_june /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Beth|first1=Hanna|title=Outfest Announces Five Fellows for 2013 Screenwriting Lab|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2013/06/outfest-announces-five-fellows-for-2013-screenwriting-lab-197646/|website=Indie Wire|date=3 June 2013 |access-date=March 16, 2017}}</ref> In 2014 their short ''Jellyfish'' won Outfest's Grand Jury Prize.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goode|first1=Laura|title=War Stories: Rosie Haber|url=https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/war-stories-rosie-haber|website=Fandor|access-date=March 16, 2017}}</ref> Their works have gained popularity and recognition for their work exploring LGBTQ life in a number of different styles and formats.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/07/best-trans-directors-filmmakers-lgbt-transgender-1201855266/2/|title=8 Exciting Trans and Gender Nonconforming Filmmakers Shaking Up Hollywood|last=Dry|first=Jude|date=2017-07-14|work=IndieWire|access-date=2018-09-26|language=en-US}}</ref> 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)'' .

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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/universal-sets-eight-directors-for-diiversity-program-1202179504/|title=Universal Sets Eight Directors For 'Directors Intensive' Program Promoting Diversity|last=Hayes|first=Dade|date=2017-09-29|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-09-26|language=en-US}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/new-deep-south-series-explores-lgbtq-life-mississippi-n754736|title='New Deep South' series explores LGBTQ life in Mississippi|work=NBC News|access-date=2018-09-26|language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/new-deep-south-kayla-mississippi_us_57729791e4b017b379f76331|title=Here Is What It's Like To Be A Transgender High School Student In Mississippi|date=2016-06-28|work=HuffPost Canada|access-date=2018-09-26|language=en-CA}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2017/film-video/general-film/documentary-individual-episode/new-deep-south-kayla/|title=New Deep South - Kayla {{!}} The Webby Awards|access-date=2018-10-11|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Additional work == Their recent projects include ''Braddock, PA,'' a documentary that takes a look at the lives of those in working-class Middle America.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/braddock-pa-a-brisk-remedial-documentary-of-a-rust-belt-town |title='Braddock, PA' a Brisk, Remedial Documentary of a Rust Belt Town |last = Larson |first = Sarah |date = August 7, 2018 |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=June 4, 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theothershowcase.com/rosiehaber|title=other {{!}} Rosie Haber|website=other|language=en|access-date=2018-10-11}}</ref> ''Chingonas'' will feature elements of horror and is being developed in Film Independent's Episodic Lab.<ref>{{citation |title = Film Independent Selects Participants For 2018 Episodic Lab: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Awards $10,000 Episodic Grant |website = Film Independent |date = August 6, 2018 |url = https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/film-independent-selects-participants-for-2018-episodic-lab/}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rosiehaber.com/bio/|title=BIO|website=ROSIE HABER|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-11}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ !Award !Year |- |GLAAD Award for Best Documentary (nominated), NY, New York |2017 |- |Audience Award at the New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA |2016 |- |Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA |2016 |- |Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Short - Outfest Film Festival |2014 |}

== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role |- |2013 |''Jellyfish'' |Director & Screenplay |- |2015 |''Empowered'' |Producer |- |2015 |''Relapse'' |Director & Screenplay |- |2016 |''Ink'' |Director |- |2017 |''New Deep South: House of JXN'' |Director & Screenplay |}

==See also== * List of transgender film and television directors

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== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official|https://www.rowanhaber.com/}}

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