Biographie
From childhood through high school, Heidi excelled at all things creative - music, photography, art, creative writing, and producing variety shows and plays for family, friends, and classmates. Heidi joined the US Air Force followed by a successful career in the defense industry. Starting as an application developer, she advanced into the executive ranks, developing and overseeing production of multi-million/billion dollar proposals for US government contracts.
In a mid-life career change, Heidi decided to apply her extensive business experience to the media & entertainment industry. She made this transition by attending the New York Film Academy's (NYFA) 8-week Filmmaking Program and 1-year Producing Conservatory. Over a one year period, she wrote, developed, produced, directed, edited, and/or crewed on over 30 projects consisting of short films, reality TV sizzle reels, scripted TV series, commercials, and music videos. One of her short films, 'Matthew's Monsters', a charming story of a 5 year old who was afraid of the monsters under his bed was an official selection in the 2017 Cannes Short Film Corner and a Finalist in the 2017 Hong Kong Star Int'l Film Festival.
As a freelance development producer, Heidi assists screenwriters and producers to develop and package their feature film, scripted series, and unscripted series - script polish, breakdown, scheduling, budgeting, and developing pitch materials. Pitch materials include business plans, pitch books, series bibles, and producing and editing sizzle and concept reels.
Heidi also writes and develops her own projects. These include 2 scripted series 'Bad Wolff', a dark character-driven drama and 'Mid-Lifers', a drama/comedy; a drama/thriller feature film 'Ashes-to-Ashes', and 3 competition/elimination series.
