Heather Ross(II)

Heather Ross is an Emmy-winning writer & director whose work has appeared on HBO, CNN, Apple TV, Netflix and others. Her film "For Madmen Only" (Hulu), a sly comedy/doc feature starring Patton Oswalt, Bob Odenkirk, and Jason Sudeikis, premiered at SXSW, and was named "a streaming gem" by the New York Times. Her first feature, "Girls on the Wall", about a group of teenage girls in max-security prison who put on a musical about their crimes, garnered an Emmy. Ross directed Dan Savage's "It Got Better" series featuring LGBTQ+ icons like Jane Lynch, Wanda Sykes and RuPaul. She was nominated for another Emmy on "Who Do You Think You Are?", where she directed Regina King, Molly Shannon, Bryan Cranston and others. Her latest short documentary will soon be featured in a permanent exhibit at the Academy of Motion Pictures Museum.