Producer | Educator | Consultant
Halee
Bernard
For the last decade, I've produced stories for
the screen. My favorite projects are
humanist and character-driven, capturing
the wonder and hardship of being alive. I’m
an advisor for the Sundance Collab, a 1:1
story consultant, and a frequent production
manager. I’m also the Director of
Partnerships at Bloodletter Magazine.
Select Projects
Honors & Awards:
Gotham Awards – Outstanding Lead Performance nominee (Thandiwe Newton)
Sundance Film Festival – Amazon Studios Producer Award (Amanda Marshall)
Deauville Festival of American Cinema –Talent Award (Thandiwe Newton)
Reims Polar Festival du Film Policier – New Blood Jury Prize
American Society of Cinematographers – Spotlight Award nominee (Andrew Wheeler)
New Hampshire Film Festival – Van McLeod Award (Julian Higgins) & Best NH Feature Narrative
Traverse City Film Festival – Founder’s Prize
Society of Composers & Lyricists – Emerging Talent Award nominee (DeAndre Allen-Toole)
Official Selections:
Sundance Film Festival
Deauville Festival of American Cinema
Traverse City Film Festival
Nantucket Film Festival
New Hampshire Film Festival
Independent Film Festival of Boston
Bentonville Film Festival
Sidewalk Film Festival
Berkshire International Film Festival
Reims Polar Film Festival
Middleburg Film Festival
God’s Country | dir. Julian Higgins
Official Selection:
SWSW Film Festival
Official Selections:
Sundance Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
Pineapple
dir. Arkasha Stevenson
When The Street Lights Go On
dir. Becca Thomas
Idiotka
dir. Nastasya Popov
Additional Projects
GOD’S COUNTRY
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER | Gotham Awards: ‘Tar,’ ‘Aftersun’ Lead Nominees
ROGER EBERT | “God’s Country” Review
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS | Reagan Graduate Produces Sundance Film “God’s Country”
DEADLINE | IFC Films Wins Bidding War for Julian Higgins’ Sundance Thriller Starring Thandiwe Newton
VARIETY | Thandiwe Newton, Filmmakers Discuss Reimagining Decades-Old Western with a Black Protagonist
THE MONTANA STANDARD | Montana film based on James Lee Burke story heads to Sundance
DEADLINE| Thandie Newton to Star in Neo-Western Thriller “God’s Country”
IDIOTKA
Deadline | Anna Baryshnikov & Camila Mendes Fashion-Fueled Comedy ‘Idiotka’ Making SXSW World Premiere
PINEAPPLE
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER | Sundance Digital Series Aquired by Black Pills
VESSELS
VICE | The Horrific Black Market Medical Procedures Trans Women Turn To
IRIS PRIZE | Iris Prize 2015 Winners Announced
OTHER
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER | Nonprofit ‘Young Entertainment Activists’ Sets Leadership Board
Press
Halee Bernard is a producer from the Texas Hill Country. Her feature film GOD’S COUNTRY, Julian
Higgins’ neowestern starring Emmy winner Thandiwe Newton, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film
Festival and was acquired for worldwide distribution by IFC Films and Universal International. The
project was supported by the Sundance Institute, Film Independent, Reel Change, and the Montana
Film Commission, and earned Newton a Gotham Awards Nomination for Outstanding Lead
Performance. She has held executive posts at production companies K Period Media, Wondery, Esmail
Corp, and Anonymous Content, where she has worked on shows such as Golden Globe winner MR.
ROBOT (USA), HOMECOMING (Amazon), WECRASHED (Apple), GASLIT (Starz), and JOE VS
CAROLE (Peacock).
Halee’s independent work has screened at festivals around the globe, including the Sundance Film
Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Outfest, the United States of Women Summit, and the Obama White
House. Select credits include Arkasha Stevenson’s digital series PINEAPPLE, “GUBAGUDE KO”
starring Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali, and "THE WIND PHONE" which Halee executive produced
alongside Grammy-winner Pitbull. Her graduate thesis film “VESSELS” about black market silicon
injections within the transgender community won the prestigious 2015 Iris Prize, a £30,000 international
award for LGBTQ media.
Passionate about the outdoors, Halee is a certified PADI Rescue & Nitrox Diver, an eXXpedition
alumnus, a CAMBP Honey Bee Ambassador, and a certified UC Climate Steward. Her pursuit of wild
places has taken her across the world, from walking the Camino de Santiago to hiking the Inca Trail.
She previously served in Pacific Horticulture’s Marketing Advisory Group and on the Executive
Committee for Young Entertainment Activists. She is also a certified crisis counselor advocate and
spent five years on Peace Over Violence’s Sexual Assault Response Team.
Bio
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Email:
halee@artroom.film
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