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 Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The university is based on two sites; the City Campus is located in the city centre near Sheffield railway station, while the Collegiate Cr ...

. In 2002 she won the John O'Shea Film Award for the best New Zealand short film by a New Zealand director residing abroad.

Biography

Heath was born in

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, in the North Island of New Zealand. She studied film at

Saint Martin's School of Art Saint Martin's School of Art was an art college in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1854, initially under the aegis of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Saint Martin's became part of t ...

in London, England, in 1985 and 1986. She began her film career directing a series of international arts documentaries for the

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series ‘Rear Window’. 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

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and was nominated for a

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. The film is extensively used in schools and youth centres, and with frontline agency workers across the United Kingdom. Heath was also commissioned by

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and the

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to create a film for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The resulting film, '' From Scotland with Love'', combined film with live music created by

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and was nominated for a

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award.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heath, Virginia Living people New Zealand expatriates in England New Zealand film directors New Zealand women film directors Academics of Sheffield Hallam University 1959 births People from Havelock North Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art