Heidi Honeycutt is an American journalist, author, actress, filmmaker, film programmer, and co-founder of the Los Angeles-based Etheria Film Night,[1][2][3] a film festival that showcases short films by women directors. She established the festival in 2014 with Stacy Pippi Hammon,[4][5] and serves as its Director of Programming.[4][6] Honeycutt and Hammon had previously run the Viscera Film Festival alongside Shannon Lark.[7] As a journalist, Honeycutt has written for such magazines as Fangoria and Famous Monsters of Filmland.[4][8]
In 2007, Honeycutt wrote, produced, and starred in the short film Wretched, which she also co-directed with Leslie Delano.[9] She also appeared as herself in the horror mockumentary, The Once and Future Smash.[10] In 2024, she served as jury president of the International Short Film Competition award ceremony at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival.[11]
Partial bibliography
"A Century of Mädchen: Femmes and Frauen in Fascist, New Wave, and Contemporary European Cinema", in Kelly, Gabrielle; Robson, Cheryl (eds.)'s Celluloid Ceiling: Women Film Directors Breaking Through (2014). Supernova Books. ISBN978-0956632906.
I Spit on Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies (2024). Headpress Books. ISBN978-1-915316-29-5.
