Heather Croall
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3 February 1967 (age 50) Blackpool |
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Heather Croall is an international festival director and documentary producer, best known for leading Sheffield Doc/Fest and Adelaide Fringe Festival, and her work on films including The Big Melt and From the Sea to the Land Beyond.
In 2015 she received Sheffield Doc/Fest's Inspiration Award. The Alliance of Women Film Journalists named Croall 2013's Ambassador of Women's Films for her work "to boost documentary film and open opportunities for women filmmakers", and in 2011 Croall was named one of Realscreen's annual trailblazers. She has appeared on BBC Two's The Review Show and BBC Radio 4's The Media Show.
Croall was born in Blackpool and grew up in Sheffield until the age of five, when her family emigrated to South Australia. In 1993 Croall set up a production company, Re Angle Pictures, to produce and direct documentaries. Her 1999 film Paradise Bent: Boys will be Girls in Samoa won the Silver Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival. She continued her career at the South Australian Film Corporation, and also produced digital and documentary strands at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. In 2001, she developed Crossover, an organisation which works with new media and documentaries.
From 2003 Croall worked for the Australian International Documentary Conference, where she became festival director and developed the MeetMarket pitching event.
In 2006 Croall was invited to become festival director at Sheffield Doc/Fest. When she joined the festival, it was a two-day event attracting 500 delegates and 2000 public attendees. Croall widened it to a five-day event with 3000 delegates and 20,000 public attendees. She found new funding which tripled the budget in two years, and changed the date of the festival from November to June. She brought in the MeetMarket pitching forum, which in 2011 generated £5.6 million worth of business for producers. She also added year-round training and events alongside the festival.
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