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HELLO

 

Heidi Berg (they/them) is an Emmy nominated Director, Creative, Artist, and mental health advocate

As a queer, trans and nonbinary storyteller— their work touches that liminal space between the personal and the transpersonal, utilizing the language of metaphor, archetype, and myth to craft visuals ripe for projection.

Heidi grew up in Utah within a Mormon community. They started their career in print while studying in San Francisco, graduating from The California College of the Arts (CCA) with a BFA.

Heidi's body of work spans such companies as Netflix, HBO, Google, Apple, Nike, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and title sequences for Hollywood, Ratched, The Politician, Pose, The Outsider, The Alienist, Truth be Told, and other culture-setting programs. 

In collaboration, they crafted the main title and graphics for the HBO documentary special Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground, and in 2019 they co-directed the opening film for the Semi-Permanent conference in Sidney.

Heidi's talents were also deployed in varied roles for production houses (creative direction on pitches), RadicalMedia, CAA, Reset, MJZ (freelance creative director and director), Elastic, and (freelance art director/designer) The Mill.

Heidi is a member of the Free The Work community and seeks to build additional resources and support for Trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive artists in the industry.

Their work has been awarded and cited by the Television Academy--garnering two Emmy nominations for The Politician and The Alienist title sequences--AICP, AIGA, Cannes Film Festival, CMYK, Print, Shot On Red Film Festival, and The San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design. 



Microsoft Design Week Keynote Speech: Creativity & The Shadow How I learned To Love My Darkness

It’s time to talk to your darkness. Will be released in 2022.

Critical Mass Artist-in-Residence program; Panel Discussion

Our industry has a collaboration problem. So how do we end artist exploitation? Join us in the living room of Critical Mass Global CCO Val Carlson for a salon-style exchange among artists and industry luminaries. Hear artist and CM:AIR founder Shantell Martin, along with Ari Kuschnir, Heidi Berg, and Michael Ventura, in a frank discussion about how to collaborate more equitably and empathetically.

FILMSUPPLY: Interview ‘Ratched’ Beat by Beat

MUSICBED: 4 Elements of a Compelling Title Sequence

Directors Heidi Berg and Felix Soletic, along with Editor Doron Dor, share the lessons they’ve learned working on title sequences

Elastic Creates an Ethereal Visual Style for Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground

FILMSUPPLY: Interview ‘The Politician’ Beat by Beat

VULTURE: How The Politician Turned Ben Platt Into a Wooden Mannequin

SHOTS: Superdoom Signs Director Heidi Berg For U.S. Spot Representation

L.A. State Of Mind

A conversation about the collective state of mind of Angelenos during the age of Covid, and how this isolation affects one's inner fears, mental health and sense of community.


Art of the Title: Semi-Permanent Sydney 2019

The Collective Podcast

Elastic Teams Up with Primary On the Main Title for Netflix’s Ratched

Top 10 Title Sequences of 2019

Current Motion Podcast

Pro Video Podcast