Jen Heck

Jen Heck (PGA) is an American filmmaker whose award-winning work has screened at the Whitney Biennial, Sundance, and major festivals worldwide. She has filmed documentaries from Mount Everest to the West Bank, often directing while operating camera in remote locations. Her television work includes MTV's "True Life," "Teen Mom," and "House Hunters International." Her films have garnered numerous awards and nominations including honors from New York Women in Film and Television, the Iris Prize, Cinequest, Zurich's Pink Apple, the Short Movie Awards, the Provincetown International Film Festival, the Big Muddy Film Festival, and Newfest. Her short film "Hold Up" (Sundance, 2006 - writer) was honored with inclusion in Sundance's 40th anniversary short film retrospective. She holds degrees from NYU Tisch and Columbia University.


She is currently developing a documentary about Prince with Mayte Garcia and Van Jones, a documentary about the 1984 Great Adventure fire, a feature version of her short film Salamander, and a true story about the savagery of modern small-town life called School Committee.

Format: Unscripted Features, Scripted Feature, Scripted Shorts, Unscripted Episodic

Genre: Coming of Age, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Jewish, LGBTQ+, Music, Muslim, People of Color, Politics, Social Justice, True Story, Women, Youth, Thriller, Sports, Historical, Crime, Arab, Art, Action

Location: New York, United States, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Best Feature Documentary - Cinequest - 2016 (The Promised Band)

Canon-Atomos Filmmaker Award - 2016 (The Promised Band)

Iris Prize - Nominee - 2010 (Salamander)

Best Short Film - Provincetown Film Festival - 2007 (Airplanes)

Best Short Film - Pink Apple - 2007 (Airplanes)