Heidi Ewing Filmmaker

Heidi Ewing is the owner of LOKI FILMS is a New York-based production company founded by Ewing and frequent directing partner Rachel Grady. She is known for observational cinema and has been lauded for shining a light on unknown worlds in a highly visual and original style. Ewing has enjoyed an illustrious career as an Academy Award nominated documentary film director (Jesus Camp) and has recently expanded into narrative work. She wrote and directed her first scripted feature, I Carry You With Me, which won two awards at Sundance 2020 and was released by Sony Pictures Classics. Past films include Love Fraud (Showtime), One Of Us (Netflix), 12th & Delaware (HBO/Peabody Award), Detropia (POV/Emmy win), Norman Lear: Just Another Version Of You (American Masters), The Boys of Baraka (PBS) and Endangered (HBO/Emmy nominated). Her new documentary feature Folktales (directed with Grady) premiered at Sundance 2025 and was released in theaters by Magnolia Pictures.