Heidi Ewing

Heidi Ewing

Known For
Directing

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Known For
Directing

Biography

Heidi Ewing is a director, producer, and writer of documentary films. She and Rachel Grady founded Loki Films in 2001, and have collaborated on several documentaries together. Detropia won two awards, Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Original Score, at the 2013 Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking.

Ewing is a native of Farmington Hills, Michigan, and is a graduate of Mercy High School and the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.

Heidi Ewing's LGBTQ+ Titles

I Carry You with Me
I Carry You with Me
Director

Directing (18)

2025
Folktales • Director
• Director
2022
Endangered • Director
• Director
2021
I Carry You with Me • Director
• Director
2020
Love Fraud • Director (4 episodes)
• Director (4 episodes)
2020
Call Your Mother • Director
• Director
2018
Black Memorabilia • Script Supervisor
• Script Supervisor
2017
One of Us • Director
• Director
2016
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You • Director
• Director
2015
A Dream Preferred • Director
• Director
2013
Branded • Director
• Director
2013
Makers: Women Who Make America • Director (3 episodes)
• Director (3 episodes)
2012
Detropia • Director
• Director
2012
The Education of Mohammad Hussein • Director
• Director
2010
Freakonomics • Director
• Director
2010
12th & Delaware • Director
• Director
2006
Jesus Camp • Director
• Director
2005
The Boys of Baraka • Director
• Director
1999
360° - Die GEO Reportage • Director (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)

Production (12)

2025
Folktales • Producer
• Producer
2024
Quad Gods • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2022
Endangered • Producer
• Producer
2021
I Carry You with Me • Producer
• Producer
2020
Love Fraud • Executive Producer (4 episodes)
• Executive Producer (4 episodes)
2020
Baby God • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
One of Us • Producer
• Producer
2012
Detropia • Producer
• Producer
2012
The Education of Mohammad Hussein • Producer
• Producer
2010
12th & Delaware • Co-Producer
• Co-Producer
2006
Jesus Camp • Producer
• Producer
2005
The Boys of Baraka • Producer
• Producer

Writing (2)

2021
I Carry You with Me • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2010
Freakonomics • Writer
• Writer