VÉRA HADDAD

Véra Haddad is a collaborative filmmaker and visual artist who centers a shared creative process in realizing musicians' visions and stories. She often draws inspiration from her life experience as a queer person in creating complex representations that feel true to the artists she works with. For over a decade, she has directed a wide array of music videos including abstract, narrative and animated styles as well as music centered documentaries. Some collaborators include Big Thief, Andy Shauf, Florist and Hand Habits. She earned a BFA from The Cooper Union and an MFA from UCLA in the New Genres department. Her work has been featured on NPR, Stereogum, Pitchfork, and Rolling Stone Magazine. Select recent exhibitions include: LA Queer Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, Human Resources, The Autry Museum of the American West, and LAXART. She was awarded The 2021 Center for Documentary Lange-Taylor prize for portraiture.