Biography

Heather was raised in Dana Point California, a small beach town 90 minutes south of Los Angeles. She began as a child actor at the age of 5, doing commercials, films, and modeling, and at the age of seven, was a body double for Heather O'Rourke in Poltergeist III, after she had tragically passed. It was this experience on Poltergeist that forever changed her and set Heather on a filmmaking trajectory.

Heather had a successful collegiate career as a Writer/Director winning the outstanding filmmaker of the year award. Upon graduating, she set out to learn all aspects of the filmmaking process, and the last 20+ years she's had extensive experience as a 1st AC and Camera Operator on numerous TV shows including a doc-series for National Geographic and Fox Sports. She's been a 1st AD on numerous sets including the breakout feature Loving Annabelle, and she's worked in Post Production as a Project Manager / DI Producer for Kodak. Here she worked on films such as "No Country For Old Men" and "For Your Consideration".

Heather established her own production company, Anesthetic Pictures, where she has been Directing/Shooting/Editing Music Videos, EPK's, and Docu-series. She's in development with multiple Features and TV series.

Heather's Photography work has been featured in: People Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Alternative Press, American Songwriter Magazine, and Guitar Girl Magazine.

Heather has worked with: National Geographic, RedBull Studios, Amazon Studios, Fox Sports, Salvation Army, New York Times, IK Multimedia, Mattel, etc.
- IMDb mini biography by: Heather Holty Newton