Heather Ross
Heather Ross | |
|---|---|
 Ross, 2018 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television director, producer |
| Notable work | Girls on the Wall Baby Mama High Who Do You Think You Are? |
Heather Ross is an American film director best known for her 2009 film Girls on the Wall,[1] for which she won an Emmy Award.[2] Ross won a prime time Emmy Award for her work as producer of the Bryan Cranston episode of the genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are.[3] She is also known for directing the 2014 documentary short Baby Mama High as part of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's American Graduate series.[4] The film caused a stir in 2017, when Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) objected to the film's content during a House subcommittee hearing on CPB funding. Harris admitted that he had not actually viewed the film.[5]
Ross is also the director of several shorts in the It Gets Better series of LGBTQ advocacy films, including one featuring Jane Lynch.[6] She is currently working on For Madmen Only, a biographical film about actor and comedy teacher Del Close.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Girls on the Wall | ITVS". Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ "Heather Ross". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ "Who Do You Think You Are?". Television Academy. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ "American Graduate Short Films: Baby Mama High | Blog | Independent Lens | PBS". Independent Lens. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ Schneider, Michael (2017-03-29). "Diverse Documentaries Under Attack as Congressman Questions Public Broadcasting 'Agenda'". IndieWire. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ "Team One, Lexus Launch 'It Got Better' with Jane Lynch". www.adweek.com. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ "Two New Biographical Films Address Del Close, Maya Angelou". screenmag.com. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2018.