Heidi James was raised in a family of theater artists and musicians in Austin, Texas. 

A life dedicated to the arts has led her to perform, write, direct and produce coast to coast and abroad. 

Heidi is a member of the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway Theater company 29th Street Rep, known for New York premieres of Tracy Letts’ Killer Joe and Rona Munroe’s Bold Girls. 

Heidi went on a two year tour with Tom Waits For No Man, a show that played to packed houses in New York, Australia, London, Montreal Jazz Festival and Edinburgh Theater Festival. 

Heidi was the lead singer of a blues band, worked in film and television as an actress and realized her calling screenwriting. 

Heidi’s scripts made the Top 1% on Coverfly’s Red List. Her pilot was the Winner of La Femme International Film Festival, placed as the lone Runner-Up Script Pipeline’s First Look Project, garnered an invitation to CineStory’s Fellowship TV Pilot Retreat, and earned many more Finalist placements in top competitions.