
Haley works in the industry as an independent producer and script consultant in San Francisco, CA. Her latest short film (in)convenience has garnered international acclaim and continues to be used for educational conversation in corporate settings across the country. Her passion for the producer role stems from her love of narrative storytelling, and her pride in ensuring inclusive, safe, harmonious and efficient sets. Haley focuses her producer’s lens on projects that uplift and center dimensional queer characters, comedy, folk-horror, music driven projects, and films that unearth radical pleasure, feminine power, and magic as a pathway for deeper empathy with oneself and one’s community.
Haley works on films with a goal to epitomize creativity, synchronicity, and intelligent execution with an emphasis on creating depth and maximizing the impact of the story.
Haley got her start in film in 2013 at the Idyllwild Arts Academy where she was awarded the Idyllwild Screenwriters Guild Award. There she learned the phrase “Film has to be the candy of your life for you to do it. You have to go to bed and wake up thinking about the story”.
Latest Projects




BIO
Haley works in the industry as an independent producer and script consultant in San Francisco, CA. Her latest short film (in)convenience has garnered international acclaim and continues to be used for educational conversation in corporate settings across the country. Her passion for the producer role stems from her love of narrative storytelling, and her pride in ensuring inclusive, safe, harmonious and efficient sets. Haley focuses her producer’s lens on projects that uplift and center dimensional queer characters, comedy, folk-horror, music driven projects, and films that unearth radical pleasure, feminine power, and magic as a pathway for deeper empathy with oneself and one’s community.
Haley works on films with a goal to epitomize creativity, synchronicity, and intelligent execution with an emphasis on creating depth and maximizing the impact of the story.
Haley got her start in film in 2013 at the Idyllwild Arts Academy where she was awarded the Idyllwild Screenwriters Guild Award. There she learned the phrase “Film has to be the candy of your life for you to do it. You have to go to bed and wake up thinking about the story”.
Latest Projects
STAGES (Code Bear Media, 2023)
Role: Producer

Logline
After tragically losing her husband to covid, Dalilah feels a presence in her home. When she invites it in, she realizes that it’s not the ghost of her husband but a malevolent entity feeding off of her grief.
Run time: 26 minutes
Awards
WINNER Best Unproduced Short Film
Berlin International Art Film Festival
Berlin, Germany
Best Thriller Horror Short
L.A. Sci-Fi and Horror Festival
Los Angeles, CA
Best Unproduced Script
Thrills and Chills Awards
Los Angeles, CA
WINNER Best Unproduced Script
Hollywood Blood Horror Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA
Best Thriller Short Screenplay
L.A. Sci-Fi and Horror Festival
Los Angeles, CA
Best Unproduced Drama
L.A. Sci-Fi and Horror Festival
Los Angeles, CA
SILVER AWARD
Independent Shorts Awards L.A.
Los Angeles, CA
(in)convenience (Alexicography, 2022)
Role: Producer & Script Consultant
Logline: A love story develops over a box of tampons between Phoebe the mini mart cashier, and Kirby a guy in transition.
Run time: 12 minutes
Awards
WINNER Audience Award for Best Narrative Short
San Francisco Independent Film Festival
San Francisco, CA
WINNER Best in Show in the Wicked Funny Shorts Program
Wicked Queer: Boston’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival Boston
Massachusetts, USA
WINNER Best First-Time Director Award
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival
July 2023 San Francisco, California, USA
Screenings
Tag! Queer Shorts Festival
Portland, Oregon, USA
TRANSlations: Seattle Trans Film Festival
Seattle, Washington, USA
Frameline47: The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Francisco, California, USA
OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Odense International Film Festival
(International Premiere) Odense, Denmark
Out On Film, Atlanta’s LGBTQ Film Festival
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Q-Fest
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
The Last Day of Retrograde (Chillers Productions, 2021)
Role: Producer
Logline: After failing to impress an eccentric gallery owner, Fetsy, a hotheaded young artist must rally an eclectic ragtag theatre troupe to put on a last minute performance while grappling with the Palo Alto teen suicide epidemic of 2010.
Run time: 96 minutes
Awards
Best Overall Feature Film
Merced Queer Film Festival
Merced, CA
Best Comedic Performance in a Feature
Merced Queer Film Festival Merced
Merced, CA
Best Gender-Queer / Non-Binary Representation
Merced Queer Film Festival
Merced, CA
Best Break-Out Feature
Louisiana Rainbow: LGBT+ Film Festival Virtual
Best Feature Film
Sea of Art Poland & Virtual
Best Queer Narrative
Bright International Film Festival Virtual
Screenings
The LGBTQ+ Film Festival
qFLIX Philadelphia 2022
New London International Film Festival
2022
Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Palm Springs USA, 2022
San Diego Independent Filmmaker’s Festival
2023
Top Line Distribution Showcase
2023
Louisiana Rainbow: LGBT+ Film Festival
2022
Bright International Film Festival
2022
Sea of Art
2022
Merced Queer Film Festival
2022
Awards
UK Film festival
2020, International
AWGIE awards
2019, Australia
Zee cine awards
2018, India
Clarín awards
2019, Argentina
Festival de Gramado
2018, Brazil
Premios feroz
2017, Spain
Louis Delluc prize
2019, France
Lauritzen award
2018, Denmark
Detroit film critics
2017, United States