Erin Heidenreich

Erin Heidenreich is an award-winning director of films, commercials and creative director of multi-sensory exhibits. Her films have premiered on Netflix, Showtime, at SXSW, Toronto International Film Festival, and her commercial work won the Silver Lions for Change at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Erin is the recipient of the Alice Guy-Blaché Female Filmmaker Award, OutFest Grand Jury Prize Winner, San Francisco International Film Festival Audience Winner, Vimeo Staff Pick Winner and screened her film for Ambassadors at the United Nations.

Erin directed THE WAR TO BE HER premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival which tells the story of the Taliban hunting a girl who was passing as a boy in order to play sports in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan; and RISING SONS which premiered at DOCNYC revealing a Congolese couple working to end sexual violence against women through the healing of men.

She also produced the documentary films MISSION CONGO about Pat Robertson’s duplicitous mining for diamonds (Toronto International Film Festival), MADE IN INDIA that follows a couple trying to get pregnant (HotDocs), THE OTHER SHORE (Netflix) depicting Diana Nyad’s record-breaking swim (SXSW), BEING WITH YOU with Tara Brach & Sounds True, 2nd unit directed Doug Pray's LEVITATED MASS about Michael Heizer’s boulder art piece at LACMA (Los Angeles Film Festival), and was the co-founder of Cinetic Media where she represented over 300 films including several Oscar Winning/Nominated films such as: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE, SUPERSIZE ME, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, BETTER LUCK TOMORROW, CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS, JESUS CAMP, BRICK, THE STATION AGENT, SPELLBOUND & WAKING LIFE.

Erin often speaks about the impact of A.I. and the changing landscape of film production on podcasts, NPR, panels at film festivals and has been invited to speak at the U.N. She mentors women and non-binary MFA students from Northwestern University, began her career at Miramax Films, and holds a B.S. in Communication Studies and Political Science from Northwestern University. Erin also a teacher of mindfulness meditation, facilities forest memorial ceremonies and is developing her next film celebrating regenerative living.