# Heather Ross

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{{short description|American film director}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Heather Ross
| image              = Director Heather Ross.jpg
| caption            = Ross, 2018
| occupation         = Film and television director, producer
| notable_works      = ''Girls on the Wall''<br>''Baby Mama High''<br>''Who Do You Think You Are?''
}}

'''Heather Ross''' is an American film director best known for her 2009 film ''[Girls on the Wall](/source/Girls_on_the_Wall)'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://itvs.org/films/girls-on-the-wall|title=Girls on the Wall {{!}} ITVS|access-date=2018-05-19|language=en}}</ref> for which she won an [Emmy Award](/source/Emmy_Award).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1349530/awards|title=Heather Ross|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-05-19}}</ref> Ross won a prime time Emmy Award for her work as producer of the [Bryan Cranston](/source/Bryan_Cranston) episode of the genealogy series ''[Who Do You Think You Are](/source/Who_Do_You_Think_You_Are%3F_(U.S._TV_series))''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/who-do-you-think-you-are|title=Who Do You Think You Are?|website=Television Academy|language=en|access-date=2018-05-19}}</ref> She is also known for directing the 2014 documentary short ''Baby Mama High'' as part of the [Corporation for Public Broadcasting](/source/Corporation_for_Public_Broadcasting)'s American Graduate series.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/american-graduate-short-films-baby-mama-high/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010171108/http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/american-graduate-short-films-baby-mama-high|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 10, 2013|title=American Graduate Short Films: Baby Mama High {{!}} Blog {{!}} Independent Lens|work=Independent Lens|access-date=2018-05-19|language=en-US}}</ref> The film caused a stir in 2017, when Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) objected to the film's content during a House subcommittee hearing on CPB funding. Harris admitted that he had not actually viewed the film.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2017/03/corporation-public-broadcasting-pbs-funding-documentaries-congress-1201798058/|title=Diverse Documentaries Under Attack as Congressman Questions Public Broadcasting 'Agenda'|last=Schneider|first=Michael|date=2017-03-29|work=IndieWire|access-date=2018-05-19|language=en-US}}</ref>

Ross is the director of several shorts in the [It Gets Better](/source/It_Gets_Better_Project) series of [LGBTQ](/source/LGBT) advocacy films, including one featuring [Jane Lynch](/source/Jane_Lynch).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/agencyspy/team-one-lexus-launch-it-gets-better-with-jane-lynch/66816|title=Team One, Lexus Launch 'It Got Better' with Jane Lynch|website=www.adweek.com|date=20 May 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-19}}</ref> She also directed and co-wrote ''[For Madmen Only](/source/For_Madmen_Only%3A_The_Stories_of_Del_Close)'', a biographical film about actor and comedy teacher [Del Close](/source/Del_Close).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://screenmag.com/story/2014/may/16/10755/?r=MIDWEST|title=Two New Biographical Films Address Del Close, Maya Angelou|date=16 May 2014|access-date=19 May 2018|website=screenmag.com}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|1349530}}
* [https://vimeo.com/6841661 ''Girls on the Wall'' official trailer]

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