Devin E. Haqq is a native of Nashville, Tennessee and a graduate of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Professional Actor Training MFA program. He has performed in numerous stage productions, around the regional United States and New York City, most recently appearing Off-Broadway in the New York premiere of David Harrower's Knives in Hens at 59E59 Theatres. Devin also appeared in HBO's award winning ad campaign "Surprise", directed by Sam Mendes, as well as, numerous commercial ad campaigns for Citigroup, Time Warner Cable, Comedy Central, McDonalds, the U.S. Navy, and Verizon, just to name a few.As an independent filmmaker, Devin made his feature film directorial debut with The Assassin, which he co-wrote and produced with Josh Wick. The Assassin was an official selection of the IFP-NY Rough Cut Lab 2006 and played in several film festivals around the country, including the 2007 Urbanworld Film Festival, the 2008 Pan African Film Festival, and the 2008 Nashville Film Festival. In 2012, Josh and Devin collaborated again to make Francis of Brooklyn, which won several awards during the 2012 - 2013 festival season, including Best Feature at the 2013 DIY Film Festival in Los Angeles. His latest feature project, Ambition's Debt, recently won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2017 ABFF and the Paul Robeson Award - Honorable Mention at the 2018 Newark Black Film Festival.