Heidi Miami Marshall
- Director
- Additional Crew
- Casting Director
Heidi Marshall's career has spanned several media and arts professions: film director, theater director, casting director, and opera director. Heidi is the founder of Heidi Marshall Studio, which has been running for 15+ years in NYC and online. Heidi is considered a top industry acting coach for film, TV, and theater. Most recently, she was on-set acting coach for the lead actor, René Perez (Residenté, Calle13), for Sundance 2024's Grand Jury Winner, In the Summers.
As a film director, Heidi has received prestigious awards and acknowledgment for her work, including: NY Drama League Theater Directing Fellowship; American Film Institute (AFI) Directing Workshop for Women Fellowship. In 2005, AFI selected Heidi as one of eight women with professional backgrounds to support in the transition to directing film and TV. Heidi's first short film, "A Through M," played at over 22 film festivals. Heidi's short film "Muscle" has played at over 30 film festivals and won 6 awards. The film S.P.I.C. is directed by Heidi and written by creative partner and husband Johnny Sánchez. The film is on its festival run and is impressing audiences with its bold and honest storytelling. Heidi and Johnny have two feature films in development.
Other professional directing credits from past years include an invitation from director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) to be the Resident Director on his production of La Boheme on Broadway and at the Ahmanson Theater in LA, where she remounted and directed it for Luhrmann. Luhrmann entrusted his productions to Heidi's detailed direction of acting and visual components. She was also Resident Director of the Off-Broadway hit Shockheaded Peter, artistically guiding the show through its American transfer from London's West End. She has also directed live multi-media events at Lincoln Center, Baryshnikov Arts Center, and several venues in Miami, Florida.
Follow some of Heidi's clients on screen and stage: René Pérez in Sundance 2024's Grand Jury Winner In the Summers (on-set acting coach), Little America (Apple TV+, on-set acting coach), Halle Bailey, Jack Harlow, Julianne Nicholson (Emmy Award winner), Jackson Wang, Fantasia, H.E.R., Thomas Doherty, Chaka Kahn, Rueby Wood (Emmy nominee), Maren Morris, Rhiannon Giddens, Danielle Pinnock, Jesse James Keitel, Analisa Velez, Raul Castillo, Saycon Sengbloh, Lily-Rose Depp, Michael Cimino, Angela Lewis, Winnie Harlow, and Alexandra Turshen. She also has clients shining bright across countless Broadway stages.
At the start of her career, Heidi was the lead Casting Director for over 70 productions of theater, film, voice overs, and commercials while working with The Telsey Office in New York City. Heidi's casting work ranged from Broadway musicals (RENT, lead casting director for its first 7 years; Hairspray, Aida, Paul Simon's The Capeman, and more) to Off-Broadway (award-winning LAByrinth Theater Company for 2 years) to regional theaters (La Jolla Playhouse, Hartford Stage, McCarter Theater, and more) to independent films (Downtown: A Street Tale, The Understudy) to studio films (Finding Forrester, Blair Witch Project 2). Heidi no longer casts professionally, but she's always happy to refer actors from her acting studio for projects.
Heidi is a decades-long advocate for diversity on film and TV, both behind the scenes and in front of the camera.
She constantly designs and launches new classes for actors through Heidi Marshall Studio.
As a film director, Heidi has received prestigious awards and acknowledgment for her work, including: NY Drama League Theater Directing Fellowship; American Film Institute (AFI) Directing Workshop for Women Fellowship. In 2005, AFI selected Heidi as one of eight women with professional backgrounds to support in the transition to directing film and TV. Heidi's first short film, "A Through M," played at over 22 film festivals. Heidi's short film "Muscle" has played at over 30 film festivals and won 6 awards. The film S.P.I.C. is directed by Heidi and written by creative partner and husband Johnny Sánchez. The film is on its festival run and is impressing audiences with its bold and honest storytelling. Heidi and Johnny have two feature films in development.
Other professional directing credits from past years include an invitation from director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) to be the Resident Director on his production of La Boheme on Broadway and at the Ahmanson Theater in LA, where she remounted and directed it for Luhrmann. Luhrmann entrusted his productions to Heidi's detailed direction of acting and visual components. She was also Resident Director of the Off-Broadway hit Shockheaded Peter, artistically guiding the show through its American transfer from London's West End. She has also directed live multi-media events at Lincoln Center, Baryshnikov Arts Center, and several venues in Miami, Florida.
Follow some of Heidi's clients on screen and stage: René Pérez in Sundance 2024's Grand Jury Winner In the Summers (on-set acting coach), Little America (Apple TV+, on-set acting coach), Halle Bailey, Jack Harlow, Julianne Nicholson (Emmy Award winner), Jackson Wang, Fantasia, H.E.R., Thomas Doherty, Chaka Kahn, Rueby Wood (Emmy nominee), Maren Morris, Rhiannon Giddens, Danielle Pinnock, Jesse James Keitel, Analisa Velez, Raul Castillo, Saycon Sengbloh, Lily-Rose Depp, Michael Cimino, Angela Lewis, Winnie Harlow, and Alexandra Turshen. She also has clients shining bright across countless Broadway stages.
At the start of her career, Heidi was the lead Casting Director for over 70 productions of theater, film, voice overs, and commercials while working with The Telsey Office in New York City. Heidi's casting work ranged from Broadway musicals (RENT, lead casting director for its first 7 years; Hairspray, Aida, Paul Simon's The Capeman, and more) to Off-Broadway (award-winning LAByrinth Theater Company for 2 years) to regional theaters (La Jolla Playhouse, Hartford Stage, McCarter Theater, and more) to independent films (Downtown: A Street Tale, The Understudy) to studio films (Finding Forrester, Blair Witch Project 2). Heidi no longer casts professionally, but she's always happy to refer actors from her acting studio for projects.
Heidi is a decades-long advocate for diversity on film and TV, both behind the scenes and in front of the camera.
She constantly designs and launches new classes for actors through Heidi Marshall Studio.