director, designer and deviser of stage, screen and visual arts
Company
Mixed Up Pictures Inc
Talent Manager
Catalyst TCM LTD.
    1 Representative
    Haui is an award-winning mixed-media artist who defies categorization. Haui's work explores themes of race, gender, and orientation, shedding light on stories often relegated to the peripheries of history while blurring lines between theatrical mediums. To date, Haui has worked as a director, designer, and deviser of new work for theatre, film, opera, and visual arts working for Canada's leading arts organizations, including the Canadian Opera Company, Stratford Festival, National Arts Centre, Shaw Festival, Canadian Stage, Luminato Festival, Black Theatre Workshop, and more.
    Career highlights include directing his award-winning film Mixed↑ (MixedUp), produced by trans filmmaker Jack Fox and in association with outtv. eTalk Canada praised the film saying, "Mixedup is going to allow a lot of people to begin healing."
    Recently Haui was associate director on the Toronto production of "Choir Boy" by Tarell Alvin McCraney. In 2023, Haui will direct "Private Flowers," an exploration of queer history produced by Toronto History Museums, supported by the National Ballet of Canada's open residency program and the Ontario Arts Council. Later this year, Playwright's Canada Press will also publish his writing/poetry as part of an anthology of works exploring black history. In 2024, The Canadian Opera Company will produce his operatic opus Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White supported by the National Arts Creation Fund.
    Previously Haui was assistant director to Estelle Shook for the NAC sesquicentennial production of Harry Somer's opera Louis Riel. In addition, Haui has directed in the Stratford Festival Meighen Forum and Stratford Lab and was invited by the late Martha Henry to participate in the inaugural bud's program as part of the Michael Langham Directors program for classical theatre. Haui was also a recipient of Theatre Ontario's Professional Theatre Training program. Haui directed and composed his award-winning film "C'est Moi," an acclaimed film that explores the history of slavery in 18th-century New France and has since screened globally. In addition, Haui was the assistant producer to Métis/Déne filmmaker Marie Clements on her feature film debut, Red Snow, produced by CBC, Telefilm, and APTN.
    • Director (5 Credits)
      Private Flowers2023
      Experimental, Short
      B2021
      Short, Other
      Mixed↑ (MixedUp)2020
      Documentary, Experimental
      Sikhokele - DRFTR2018
      Experimental, Music Video
      C'est Moi2017
      Short
    • Producer (3 Credits)
      Private Flowers2023
      Experimental, Short
      Mixed↑ (MixedUp)2020
      Documentary, Experimental
      Sikhokele - DRFTR2018
      Experimental, Music Video
    • Writer (2 Credits)
      Private Flowers2023
      Experimental, Short
      Mixed↑ (MixedUp)2020
      Documentary, Experimental
    • Acting (1 Credit)
      Mixed↑ (MixedUp)2020
      Documentary, Experimental
    Official Selection
    Mixed↑ (MixedUp)
    Arica Nativa International Rural + Indigenous Film Festival
    2021
    Official Selection
    Mixed↑ (MixedUp)
    12°N61°W Film Festival
    Grenada
    2021
    Official Selection
    Mixed↑ (MixedUp)
    Seattle Queer Film Festival
    Seattle
    2021
    BEST OF THE FEST
    Mixed↑ (MixedUp)
    BEST OF THE FEST WINRUSH FILM FESTIVAL
    UK
    2021
    Best Feature Documentary Award & Official Selection
    Mixed↑ (MixedUp)
    Windrush Film Festival
    London
    2021
    Official Selection
    Mixed↑ (MixedUp)
    Queer in Colour: Tampa Bay International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
    Tampa Bay
    2021
    Winner - Best Film
    Mixed↑ (MixedUp)
    ByBlacks Peoples Choice Award
    Toronto
    2021
    Winner - Best Director
    Mixed↑ (MixedUp)
    ByBlacks Peoples Choice Award
    Toronto
    2021
    Official Selection (Jury Prize and Audience Award Nominee)
    Mixed↑ (MixedUp)
    Image+Nation LGBTQ Queer Film Festival
    Montreal
    2020
    Award of Merit: Documentary Short
    C'est Moi
    Best Shorts Competition
    LA, California
    2018
    Best Short Film Finalist
    C'est Moi
    Cosmic Film Festival
    Orlando, Florida
    2017
    Best Short Film (MVISAS)
    C'est Moi
    Black International Film Festival
    Birmingham, UK
    2017
    Shaw Festival
    B
    Newton Award
    Niagara on the Lake
    Official Selection
    Mixed↑ (MixedUp)
    GZDOC
    Guangzhou
    Award of Merit: Music Video
    Sikhokele - DRFTR
    Best Shorts Competition
    Los Angeles
    College
    X University
    20082014
    Nickname
    HAUI
    Birth City
    Bath, England
    Current City
    Toronto, Ontario
    Ethnicity
    Mixed
    “Reality is perhaps not at all what I imagine. Perhaps it doesn't exist, in fact. Perhaps it only exists as a longing.”
    ― Ingmar Bergman
    director, designer and deviser of stage, screen and visual arts
    Company
    Mixed Up Pictures Inc
    Talent Manager
    Catalyst TCM LTD.
      1 Representative
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