phairston26@nul.org

Princess A. Hairston is a director and Emmy-nominated editor in New  York City. She produced and directed “Breaking the News,” a feature-length documentary currently distributed on PBS, and “Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip Hop” on NETFLIX. She co-edited a new hybrid documentary, “Songs from the Hole,” which premiered at SXSW 2024, and also edited the acclaimed 2021 Amazon doc series “LulaRich.” Other editing credits include a one-hour special for the 2020  Biden/Harris campaign, a five-part 81-minute documentary series for  Prudential titled “Masterpiece of Love,” and the Emmy-nominated series “Capture with Mark Seliger.” In 2020, she produced a digital campaign for “GET OUT THE  VOTE” for Black Lives Matter.