Speaker Sarah Haasz
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Sarah Haasz

Producer

Cottonwood Media

After 20 years as a Broadcast Executive for networks including YTV, Treehouse TV, CBC Kids, Disney XD Canada, Disney Junior Canada and most recently Family Channel, Sarah has taken her robust industry experience directly to kids television production, creating original IPs and assisting producers in bringing their shows to fruition. Sarah recently wrapped Gangnam Project, a live-action series she created. She also produced Emmy-nominated Circuit Breakers, a live-action anthology series for Apple TV+ and Step By Step Let’s Dance, a live-action documentary dance series for TVOKids that launched in September 2021. Sarah is currently working with Cottonwood Media as a Creative Producer on their live-action slate.

As part of her network portfolio, Sarah was involved in executing successful series and movies including The Next Step, Raising Expectations, Backstage, Gaming ShowPlaydate, and Justin Time. She was also Creative Producer for The Next Step: Live on Stage tour in 2015. Throughout her career, Sarah is credited for her work on over 2,000-plus hours of children's programming in various genres.

Sarah was an instructor at Centennial College in Toronto for the Children's Entertainment Post Graduate Program and is currently on the board of the Youth Media Alliance.

Featured in: Lunch & Learn: TV Fundamentals

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