Melissa Haizlip

Known for

Directing

Born

April 30, 1965 (age 61)

Biography

Melissa Haizlip is an American film producer, director and writer most notable for her 2018 award winning film, Mr. SOUL!. Haizlip won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture) for Mr. SOUL!.

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Best known work

Saturday Night Live

1975

Crossing Jordan

2001

Great Performances

1971

Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop

2023

Bleeding Hearts

1995

Bojangles

2001

Pretty Dead Girl

2004

Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway

1992

You're Dead to Me

2013

Mr. SOUL!

2018

Filmography

2026
Couture to the Max
Executive Producer
2025
Satisfied
Producer, Director
2023
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-HopTV
Co-Executive Producer
2019
Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop
Director
2018
Mr. SOUL!
Director, Writer, Producer
2013
You're Dead to Me
Casting, Producer
2004
Pretty Dead Girl
as Alive Dancer
2001
Crossing JordanTV
as Local Reporter (1 episode)
2001
Bojangles
1995
Bleeding Hearts
as Melanie
1992
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
as Self
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
as Weekend Update Dancer (uncredited) (2 episodes)
1971
Great PerformancesTV
as Self (1 episode)