Virginia Heath
Virginia K. Heath (born 1959) is a UK-based New Zealand film director and academic; she is a professor of film at Sheffield Hallam University.[1][2] In 2002 she won the John O'Shea Film Award for the best New Zealand short film by a New Zealand director residing abroad.[3]
Biography
[edit]Heath was born in Havelock North, in the North Island of New Zealand. She studied film at Saint Martin's School of Art in London, England, in 1985 and 1986.[4] She began her film career directing a series of international arts documentaries for the Channel 4 Television series ‘Rear Window’.[2]
Heath was commissioned by the United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre to create a film to highlight the issue of human trafficking. She carried out interviews with exploited girls and women, and frontline agency workers, and created the film My Dangerous Loverboy. A website and social media channels were later added to aid increased engagement with the film, and the overall project won a cross media award from the National Film Board of Canada and was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award. The film is extensively used in schools and youth centres, and with frontline agency workers across the United Kingdom.[5]
Heath was also commissioned by Creative Scotland and the BBC to create a film for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The resulting film, From Scotland with Love, combined film with live music created by King Creosote and was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland award.[2]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Nominations and awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Three Chords and the Truth | Director | [2][6] | |
| 2018 | Lift Share | Director | Winner, Best Sound Design, Underwire Film Festival, 2018 | [2][7][8] |
| 2016 | We Are All Migrants | [2] | ||
| 2014 | A Century in Film: from Scotland with Love | Director | Nominated for Best Feature Documentary, BAFTA Scotland, 2014 | [9] |
| 2009 | My Dangerous Loverboy | Director
Writer |
Winner, National Film Board of Canada Cross Media Challenge Award, 2008 | [5][10] |
| 2008 | Little Lost David: Devil Don't Mind | Director
Writer |
[11] | |
| 2005 | Point Annihilation | Director
Co-screenwriter |
[12] | |
| 2001 | Relativity | Director
Screenplay |
Winner, Best Short Film, Berlin International Film Festival, 2002
Winner, John O'Shea Film Award at New Zealand Drifting Clouds Film Festival, 2002 Nominated for European Film Academy Awards, 2002 |
[3][13] |
| 1998 | Deep Freeze | Director
Screenplay |
[14] | |
| 1997 | Songs from the Golden City | Director | [15] | |
| 1993 | Getting to the Point | Editor | [16] | |
| 1992 | Carlo Levi Stopped Here | Director | [17] | |
| Looking Both Ways: Berlin-istanbul | [18] | |||
| 1991 | The Crusade through Arab Eyes | Editor | [19] | |
| 1989 | Diamonds in Brown Paper | Editor | [20] | |
| 1988 | Perfect Image? | Editor | [21] | |
| Hell to Pay | [22] | |||
| 1986 | The Passion of Remembrance | [23] | ||
| 1985 | Pandora's Box | Director
Screenplay Editor |
[24] | |
| 1984 | Deptford Wives | Director | [25] | |
| On the Top | Director | [26] | ||
| Photographic Exhibits | Editor | [27] | ||
| Council Matters | Editor | [28] | ||
| Lives of Artists Not Wives of Artists: Women's Art Practice since 1970 | Editor | [29] | ||
| 1983 | Talking History | Editor | [30] | |
| 1978 | Lorette | Editor
Dubbing |
[31] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Amy Winehouse doco, Dope coming to film fest". NZ Herald. 4 June 2015. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Virginia Heath | Sheffield Hallam University". www.shu.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b "The John O'Shea Film Award for best NZ short film". The Big Idea. 10 August 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "RELATIVITY" (PDF). www.berlinale.de. 17 December 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b "My Dangerous Loverboy | Sheffield Hallam University". www.shu.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Three Chords and the Truth | Faction North". www.factionnorth.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Lift Share | Faction North". www.factionnorth.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "LIFT SHARE (2018)". STELLA HEATH KEIR. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "From Scotland With Love | Faction North". www.factionnorth.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "My Dangerous Loverboy | Faction North". www.factionnorth.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Little Lost David: Devil Don't Mind | Sheffield Hallam University". www.shu.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "British Council Film: Point Annihilation". film-directory.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Relativity | Sheffield Hallam University". www.shu.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Deep Freeze | Faction North". www.factionnorth.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Songs From the Golden City | Faction North". www.factionnorth.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Getting to the Point (1993)". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Carlo Levi Stopped Here (1992)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Looking Both Ways: Berlin-istanbul (1992)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "The Crusade through Arab Eyes (1991)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Diamonds in Brown Paper (1989)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Perfect Image? (1988)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Hell to Pay (1988)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "The Passion of Remembrance". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Pandora's Box (1985)". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Deptford Wives (1984)". BFI. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "On the Top (1984)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Photographic Exhibits (1984)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Council Matters (1984)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Lives of Artists Not Wives of Artists: Women's Art Practice since 1970 (1984)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Talking History (1983)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Lorette (1978)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.