"All of Heidi Marshall's work has led me to see that she is a first rate talent and ability."
- Baz Luhrmann, Film Director
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BIO
Heidi Miami Marshall's career has spanned almost 20 years of expanding her imagination and unique aesthetics and skills within many mediums. Heidi is an expert on living a passionate and diverse artistic life!
As a Director, she has lead the charge as a Creator and Collaborator in narrative film, live theater & events, and reality/docu TV. As a Casting Director, she has inspired the assembly of some of the most awe-inspiring "undiscovered talents" on Broadway to the highest caliber in indie films. As an Actor Coach, she has guided performances to mega positive reviews on Broadway to actors booking prime TV and Feature Films, from celebrities to newcomers. From Broadway to the Silver Screen, Heidi is known for her keen eye with talent and her ability to develop vision and aesthetic with a team. Some of her favorite visionaries that she has worked with include the massively inspired Film and Stage Director Baz Luhrmann and the brilliant-minded Casting Director Bernie Telsey. |
CREDITS include:
Film/TV Director
A through M (award-winning short film produced by American Film Institute), La Boheme segment for televised TONY Awards, PSA for Mentoring.org (featuring Forrest Whitaker), Moving America and Green Mama (TV pilots), and currently developing debut feature film, That White Girl.
Broadway credits include
Resident Director on Baz Luhrmann’s La Boheme (and remounted the Los Angeles production at The Ahmanson Theater), Oprah Winfrey's The Color Purple (directed Chaka Khan, Bebe Winans, and American Idol’s Fantasia into starring roles, NY Times reviewed Fantasia "a mega-star is born"), Associate Director on The Addams Family (starring Nathan Lane), and Casting Director for productions including Broadway, National and International Tours of musical RENT.
Interdisciplinary Live Performances include
Directed and co-created Remnants & Rebuildat South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center with Grammy-nominated Jorge Gomez, choreographer Rosie Herrera, renowned artist Edouard Duval-Carrier, and many other top Miami talent. She also directed and co-created multimedia and multidisciplinary performances for YOUNGArts at The Arsht Center (Miami), Gusman Theater (Miami), The Kennedy Center (Washington D.C), and Baryshnikov Arts Center (NYC).
Casting Director/Acting Coach
After working as a Casting Director for Broadway, Film, Commercials, TV, Voice-overs with Bernard Telsey Casting & Co. for 7 years, Heidi now dedicates herself to the support and growth of actors in performance and auditioning through private coaching and teaching. Heidi has been a Guest Acting Teacher at The New School (NYC), American Conservatory Theater A.C.T. (San Francisco), Colorado College, Las Vegas Shows (Celine Dion's A New Day, La Reve).
Previous casting credits include, independently and as Telsey Casting: RENT (Broadway, National, & International Tours), The Bone Collector (NY casting, feature film), Finding Forrester (feature film), Blair Witch II (feature film), Whoopi Goldberg Untitled (T.V. Pilot), Aida (Broadway), Saturday Night Fever (Broadway), Downtown (feature film), The Understudy (feature film), LAByrinth Theater Company productions (Jesus Hopped the A Train by Stephen Adly Guirgis, director Philip Seymour Hoffman, etc), Long Wharf Theater, McCarter, and La Jolla Playhouse productions, De La Guarda (Off-Broadway), and more.
Awards/Honors
American Film Institute (AFI) Directing Workshop for Women. NY Drama League Theater Directing Fellowship.
A through M (award-winning short film produced by American Film Institute), La Boheme segment for televised TONY Awards, PSA for Mentoring.org (featuring Forrest Whitaker), Moving America and Green Mama (TV pilots), and currently developing debut feature film, That White Girl.
Broadway credits include
Resident Director on Baz Luhrmann’s La Boheme (and remounted the Los Angeles production at The Ahmanson Theater), Oprah Winfrey's The Color Purple (directed Chaka Khan, Bebe Winans, and American Idol’s Fantasia into starring roles, NY Times reviewed Fantasia "a mega-star is born"), Associate Director on The Addams Family (starring Nathan Lane), and Casting Director for productions including Broadway, National and International Tours of musical RENT.
Interdisciplinary Live Performances include
Directed and co-created Remnants & Rebuildat South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center with Grammy-nominated Jorge Gomez, choreographer Rosie Herrera, renowned artist Edouard Duval-Carrier, and many other top Miami talent. She also directed and co-created multimedia and multidisciplinary performances for YOUNGArts at The Arsht Center (Miami), Gusman Theater (Miami), The Kennedy Center (Washington D.C), and Baryshnikov Arts Center (NYC).
Casting Director/Acting Coach
After working as a Casting Director for Broadway, Film, Commercials, TV, Voice-overs with Bernard Telsey Casting & Co. for 7 years, Heidi now dedicates herself to the support and growth of actors in performance and auditioning through private coaching and teaching. Heidi has been a Guest Acting Teacher at The New School (NYC), American Conservatory Theater A.C.T. (San Francisco), Colorado College, Las Vegas Shows (Celine Dion's A New Day, La Reve).
Previous casting credits include, independently and as Telsey Casting: RENT (Broadway, National, & International Tours), The Bone Collector (NY casting, feature film), Finding Forrester (feature film), Blair Witch II (feature film), Whoopi Goldberg Untitled (T.V. Pilot), Aida (Broadway), Saturday Night Fever (Broadway), Downtown (feature film), The Understudy (feature film), LAByrinth Theater Company productions (Jesus Hopped the A Train by Stephen Adly Guirgis, director Philip Seymour Hoffman, etc), Long Wharf Theater, McCarter, and La Jolla Playhouse productions, De La Guarda (Off-Broadway), and more.
Awards/Honors
American Film Institute (AFI) Directing Workshop for Women. NY Drama League Theater Directing Fellowship.
