Biography
Heather Fink transitioned into filmmaking from a background in comedy. Growing up in a small New Jersey town with a Dutch mother, Jewish American father, schizophrenic grandmother, and older sister, she began creating humorous videos as a child. She started performing stand-up comedy in New York City in 2005 while continuing to produce funny videos, improv, and sketch comedy. In 2009, she enrolled in NYU's Graduate Film program as a Writer/Director. Currently, she works as a Sound Person, with recent credits including Marvel’s Daredevil and Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down. Her past roles include PR for a gay porn company, interning for Senator Kennedy, and content strategy for digital media firms.
Heather has directed over 35 comedy shorts, including Sara Benincasa’s “The Focus Group,” which gained attention from Hello Giggles, The Onion, Huffington Post, Refinery29, and others. In 2016, she took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Her debut feature film as writer/director, "Inside You," has completed post-production and is currently being submitted to festivals for 2017. She also directed the indie TV pilot "Urban Teach Now" for writers/producers SJ & Ginny, which was an official selection at NYTV Fest and ITV Fest in October 2016.
As a filmmaker, Heather has worked with notable comedy talents such as Hannibal Buress, Griffin Newman, Himanshu Suri, Zach Cregger, Angela Trimbur, Will Hines, Kevin Allison, Sara Benincasa, Will Janowitz, Curtis Gwinn, Bobby Tisdale, Slovin and Allen, and Ann Carr. Her work has been featured on MTV, the ECNY Awards as a nominee, and as a finalist in the IFC/Time Warner/Sundance competition. She has also been recognized by Gawker, Adult Swim, Time Out NY, Dr. Phil, TV Guide Magazine, the LES Film Festival, DC Comedy Fest, Coney Island Film Festival, Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Atlantic City Film Festival, LA Shorts Fest, LA Comedy Fest, NY Shorts Fest, Santa Fe Film Festival, and Comedy Death Ray.
