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

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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

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Nominations and awards  | Notes

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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

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1. ^ "Amy Winehouse doco, Dope coming to film fest". NZ Herald. 4 June 2015. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
2. ^ a b c d e f "Virginia Heath | Sheffield Hallam University". www.shu.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
3. ^ a b "The John O'Shea Film Award for best NZ short film". The Big Idea. 10 August 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
4. ^ "RELATIVITY" (PDF). www.berlinale.de. 17 December 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
5. ^ a b "My Dangerous Loverboy | Sheffield Hallam University". www.shu.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
6. ^ "Three Chords and the Truth | Faction North". www.factionnorth.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
7. ^ "Lift Share | Faction North". www.factionnorth.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
8. ^ "LIFT SHARE (2018)". STELLA HEATH KEIR. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
9. ^ "From Scotland With Love | Faction North". www.factionnorth.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
10. ^ "My Dangerous Loverboy | Faction North". www.factionnorth.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
11. ^ "Little Lost David: Devil Don't Mind | Sheffield Hallam University". www.shu.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
12. ^ "British Council Film: Point Annihilation". film-directory.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
13. ^ "Relativity | Sheffield Hallam University". www.shu.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
14. ^ "Deep Freeze | Faction North". www.factionnorth.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
15. ^ "Songs From the Golden City | Faction North". www.factionnorth.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
16. ^ "Getting to the Point (1993)". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
17. ^ "Carlo Levi Stopped Here (1992)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
18. ^ "Looking Both Ways: Berlin-istanbul (1992)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
19. ^ "The Crusade through Arab Eyes (1991)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
20. ^ "Diamonds in Brown Paper (1989)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
21. ^ "Perfect Image? (1988)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
22. ^ "Hell to Pay (1988)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
23. ^ "The Passion of Remembrance". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
24. ^ "Pandora's Box (1985)". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
25. ^ "Deptford Wives (1984)". BFI. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
26. ^ "On the Top (1984)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
27. ^ "Photographic Exhibits (1984)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
28. ^ "Council Matters (1984)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
29. ^ "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.
30. ^ "Talking History (1983)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
31. ^ "Lorette (1978)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.