Heidi Miami Marshall

Heidi Marshall's career has spanned several media and arts professions: theater director, casting director, opera director, and film director. Heidi has received prestigious awards for her directing: including the NY Drama League Theater Directing Fellowship and the prestigious American Film Institute (AFI) Directing Workshop for Women Fellowship. In 2005, AFI selected Heidi as 1 of 8 women with professional backgrounds to support in the transition to directing film and television. Heidi's first short film, "A through M", has played at over 22 film festivals: including Cinequest Film Festival, Boston Underground Film Festival, and Newport Beach Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Australian International Film Festival, Action on Film, Artivist Film Festival, and many more. Other professional directing credits from the past 15 years include an invitation from director Baz Luhrmann (film director, Moulin Rouge) to be the Resident Director on Luhrmann's La Boheme on Broadway and at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theater, where she remounted/directed it for Luhrmann. Luhrmann entrusted his productions to Heidi's detailed direction of acting and visual components. She was also Resident Director of the Off-Broadway hit, Shockheaded Peter, artistically guiding the show in its American transfer from London's West End. Independently, Heidi has filmed a dance documentary reality TV series, "Moving America" and started a documentary on childbirth rights in America. Heidi is also a private acting coach in NYC. Recently, she coached Fantasia, American Idol winner, for her performance as Celie in The Color Purple on Broadway. Heidi was the lead Casting Director for over 70 productions of theater, film, voice overs, and commercials while working with Bernard Telsey Casting in New York City. Heidi's casting ranged from Broadway musicals (RENT, Hairspray, Aida, Paul Simon's The Capeman, etc.) to Off-Broadway (award-winning LAByrinth Theater Company for two years) to regional theaters (La Jolla Playhouse, Hartford Stage, McCarter Theater, etc.) to independent films (Downtown:A Street Tale and The Understudy) to studio films (Finding Forrester, Blair Witch Project 2).