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SCREENWRITING


Heidi James is the Principal Writer for Ranch Productions, where she is leading a full slate of projects over the next five years. An award-winning screenwriter with produced credits, she has developed multiple television series and feature films for production companies across genres. (See Current Projects and In The Press for more details and links.)


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DIRECTING


Heidi will be making her directorial debut with her adaptation of a hit Off-Broadway play “Quads & The Kicker” in 2026. 

Theater / Off Broadway

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, Rona Munroe’s Bold Girls, Jack Henry Abbot's In The Belly Of The Beast and the revival of Sam Shepard's Fool For Love. 

OTHER NEW YORK CREDITS:
The Ninth Circle - Primary Stages, Lenny & Lou - 29th Street Rep, Savage In Limbo at The Italian American Playhouse, The Greylock Project at The Williamstown Theater Festival.

LOS ANGELES CREDITS:
Bright Light City at Los Angeles Theater Center, Bullrusher at Skylight Theater, Celebrity at Tim Robbins' Actors Gang,The Cats Meow at The Matrix, Down The Shore at The Evidence Room. Sweet Thursday at Pacific Residents Theater. Co-producer and star in several productions including Cowboy Mouth andThe Early Girl. Director of Fool For Love at Bergamot Station as a charity for Water Wells For Africa.

World Tour

Tom Waits For No Man played to sold out houses in New York, London, Australia, The Edinburgh Festival & The Montreal Jazz Festival. 

Heidi was a Co-Director and singer in Feeling Randy; a journey through the music of Randy Newman, commissioned by The National Theater Of Parramata in Australia.

Music

Heidi’s Original “One Shoe” can be heard on the feature film soundtrack “Underdogs”

Heidi performing the blues with Pink Floyd’s Scott Page

Heidi covers Lucinda Williams’ "Essence."
Play Heidi’s original composition of Beatles’ "HELP."
Heidi sings harmonies on Nashville recording artist Bob Woodruff’s hit song "The Year We Tried To Kill The Pain."