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heidi douglas

Heidi is an internationally recognised award winning filmmaker specialising in documentary. Heidi began her training at The University of Newcastle studying a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Media Arts majoring in Video Production and Film Theory (1996 - 1999). In 2000 Heidi established Activeyes Audio Visual Productions and worked with community groups from Central South Australia, East Timor, East Gippsland and Tasmania, making documentary films and providing footage to broadcast networks. In 2001 Heidi produced a half hour documentary Footsteps, exploring the contradictory relationship between reconciliation and land rights between Aboriginal and non aboriginal Australians. Footsteps received the New Filmmaker Award at the 2001 Wild Spaces Environmental Film Festival, the Multi-Media Award at the Past, Present, Future Newcastle Youth Reconciliation Gathering and Best Tasmanian Female Director at Exploding Cinema 2002. From 2002 - 2008 Heidi worked as The Wilderness Society’s national video producer, producing and directing over 20 short documentary films and contributing to numerous broadcast documentaries. In 2005 Heidi was awarded the Katherine Knight “Inspire, Involve, Inform” Award at the EarthVision International Environmental Film Festival in California and in 2006 she was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the Forest Film Festival in Portland, Oregon. In 2008 Heidi established Dark Lake Productions and now works as an independent director, editor and cinematographer. In 2009 The Vale of Belvoir, produced by Dark Lake Productions for the Tasmanian Land Conservancy, was nominated for the Best Short Documentary at the Aoteaora Environmental Film Festival and received an Honorable Mention for Educational Value at the 32nd International Wildlife Film Festival in Montana.

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