Shaz Bennett's debut feature film "Alaska is a Drag", that she wrote & directed was highlighted as one to watch in Vogue, Filmmaker and OUT magazine. Winning best feature film and Jury awards for Best Director at New Filmmakers LA, Leeds, Chattanooga, Urbanworld and the Smithsonian African American Film Festival among others. Shaz Bennett was one of eight women selected into the prestigious AFI Directing Workshop for Women and winner of the New York Women in Film & Television's Nancy Malone Award.
Bennett's first television writing job was on "The Glades" on A&E. She later joined the writing team for "UnREAL" on Lifetime and produced the popular spin off "The Faith Diaries". Shaz writes on the police procedural "Bosch" on Amazon and directed on Ava Duvernay's "Queen Sugar" on the Oprah Winfrey Network, and directed episodes of "Billions" on Showtime and "Animal Kingdom" on TNT and "Bosch" on Amazon.
Rescue: HI-Surf(2024)
Billions(2016)
Queen Sugar(2016)
Animal Kingdom(2016)
Ordinary Joe(2021)
Bosch(2014)
Desert Rats(2018)
Alaska Is a Drag(2017)
That One Day(2016)
Bright Day!(2010)as Sugar Shaz
Hot Chicks(2006)as Edith
Stakes Is High(2023)
Melody(2016)
Be Good for Rachel(2016)
UnREAL(2015)
Dear Mom, Love Cher(2013)
The Glades(2010)
Hatchlings(2025)
Alien Intervention(2023)
All Happy Families(2023)
With Salt(2022)
CODA(2021)
CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley(1979)as Self - Guest
Switchblade Sisters(2017)as Self - Guest
Stage 5(2009)as Self
Filmnut(2007)as Self