Heather Braden
- Actress
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Heather Braden is a producer, director, writer, creator, actress of British, Egyptian, Syrian, Italian, Scottish, French heritage (related to model/director/producer Elisa Sednaoui and French director Stephane Sednaoui) Heather is a 1st generation American born dual national of England. She began as a local model as a teen in Portland, Oregon, where she began on sets with Gus Van Sant and discovered her passion for visual storytelling while experimenting in art films.
She moved to LA attending Art Center in Pasadena in photography under Paul Jasmin, while modeling for enrolled students. A year later she relocated to New York City signing with top agencies Next Models and Wilhelmina, working for notable brands Levis, Wrangler, Michael Kors and many others, dozens of runway shows, commercials, magazines, ads across the US, EU, and Latin America. As an actress and voice-over artist, she signed with CESD and Paradigm.
While based in NYC for over a decade she studied at F.I.T. in Manhattan (Fashion Institute of Technology) in photography and art history, transitioned from modeling to behind-the-scenes roles as a PA, producer, 1st assistant, 1st camera, key lighting to dozens of photographers and directors on national and international projects, then working as a commercial photographer, and producer for hundreds of productions working her way up from 5th to 1st camera assistant/lighting for major commercial photographers and directors on thousands of projects for over years, on 3 continents including: Norman Jean Roy, Mark Abrahams, Rankin, Kelly Klein, Michelangelo Di Battista, Ruven Afanador, and many others before forming her first production company leading crews to Central America on dozens of video and still productions in advertising for recognizable brands Avon, Pepsi products, Sports Illustrated and many others. Her expertise in pre/post-production, on-set management, locations producer, and lead producer lead her to jump from photography to commercials and finally to her passion scripted film/tv.
In 2023 Heather co-founded A Victus Films USA expanding the Victus Films brand from the EU with co founders Ben Blaskovic and Christopher Schlierf. Headquartered in St. George, Utah, with offices in Munich and Dubai, A Victus Films USA is at the forefront of developing thought-provoking and entertaining film and TV series projects.
At A Victus Films, Heather serves as a creative development behind multiple upcoming film and TV series projects, as well as following her dream to direct with a passion to tell entertaining visual stories.
Heather splits her time between St. George, Utah, Los Angeles, (and her long time former hometown of NYC) where she remains committed to pushing creative boundaries and bringing innovative projects to fruition
She moved to LA attending Art Center in Pasadena in photography under Paul Jasmin, while modeling for enrolled students. A year later she relocated to New York City signing with top agencies Next Models and Wilhelmina, working for notable brands Levis, Wrangler, Michael Kors and many others, dozens of runway shows, commercials, magazines, ads across the US, EU, and Latin America. As an actress and voice-over artist, she signed with CESD and Paradigm.
While based in NYC for over a decade she studied at F.I.T. in Manhattan (Fashion Institute of Technology) in photography and art history, transitioned from modeling to behind-the-scenes roles as a PA, producer, 1st assistant, 1st camera, key lighting to dozens of photographers and directors on national and international projects, then working as a commercial photographer, and producer for hundreds of productions working her way up from 5th to 1st camera assistant/lighting for major commercial photographers and directors on thousands of projects for over years, on 3 continents including: Norman Jean Roy, Mark Abrahams, Rankin, Kelly Klein, Michelangelo Di Battista, Ruven Afanador, and many others before forming her first production company leading crews to Central America on dozens of video and still productions in advertising for recognizable brands Avon, Pepsi products, Sports Illustrated and many others. Her expertise in pre/post-production, on-set management, locations producer, and lead producer lead her to jump from photography to commercials and finally to her passion scripted film/tv.
In 2023 Heather co-founded A Victus Films USA expanding the Victus Films brand from the EU with co founders Ben Blaskovic and Christopher Schlierf. Headquartered in St. George, Utah, with offices in Munich and Dubai, A Victus Films USA is at the forefront of developing thought-provoking and entertaining film and TV series projects.
At A Victus Films, Heather serves as a creative development behind multiple upcoming film and TV series projects, as well as following her dream to direct with a passion to tell entertaining visual stories.
Heather splits her time between St. George, Utah, Los Angeles, (and her long time former hometown of NYC) where she remains committed to pushing creative boundaries and bringing innovative projects to fruition
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