Princess A. Hairston

Princess A. Hairston is a director and Emmy-nominated editor based in New York City. Her feature directorial debut, BREAKING THE NEWS, aired nationwide on PBS, amplifying the voices behind women-led journalism. She also helped shape the rhythm of LADIES FIRST: A Story of Women in Hip Hop on Netflix, both as editor and producer.

She recently edited Perilous Passage: Birth in America on HBOMax and PBS American Masters Lani B. Supreme: Legacy. Princess also cut the SXSW 2024 breakout Songs from the Hole and This World Is Not My Own, which premiered at SXSW 2023, blending image, sound, and soul. She has contributed as an editor on Amazon’s LulaRich, the Truer Than Fiction Independent Spirit Award-winning Pier Kids, FRESH DRESSED (Sundance 2015), and the Emmy-nominated lifestyle series Capture with Mark Seliger.