It's official: The piece called "Tales of Motherhood" will be making its first staged appearance in Ann Arbor, Michigan this coming May.
More info soon...
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Out and About on a Film Shoot
I was just in New Jersey 1st A.D.-ing on a film by London Film Schooler, Brian Hickey, who is directing his Master Thesis short film on HD with fellow classmate and Director of Photography, Johannes Schaff.
Brian brought the whole cast and crew in for a week to shoot his film, a brilliant take on lessons in life, misery and faith.
Thus, I drove southwest to NJ from the Capital District Region, and noted the snow flurries absentmindedly throughout the drive.
Little did I know. Little did I wonder.
The only thing I feel able to say at this moment is that I've never worked in such cruel weather conditions, in such a bitter, biting cold. I have frostbite on my hand.
And yet, still, never have I had such a marvelous time in the way that only a film-maker can understand. I pushed myself dangerously to the edge -- to the point that my health was in trouble -- without even realizing that I was that close, because I wanted to give the film my all.
Why? I was inspired by my fellow crew members and, above all, the top of the team, my director and his cinematographer.
Now, back at home, away from the perfect chaos, the intense cold, and utter fatigue glossed over by adrenaline, I feel that ache that you go through when you're withdrawing from something you love... almost more than life, itself.
I'm sure that you'll be hearing more about Brian Hickey and Johannes Schaff. And I hope that I do, too.
Brian brought the whole cast and crew in for a week to shoot his film, a brilliant take on lessons in life, misery and faith.
Thus, I drove southwest to NJ from the Capital District Region, and noted the snow flurries absentmindedly throughout the drive.
Little did I know. Little did I wonder.
The only thing I feel able to say at this moment is that I've never worked in such cruel weather conditions, in such a bitter, biting cold. I have frostbite on my hand.
And yet, still, never have I had such a marvelous time in the way that only a film-maker can understand. I pushed myself dangerously to the edge -- to the point that my health was in trouble -- without even realizing that I was that close, because I wanted to give the film my all.
Why? I was inspired by my fellow crew members and, above all, the top of the team, my director and his cinematographer.
Now, back at home, away from the perfect chaos, the intense cold, and utter fatigue glossed over by adrenaline, I feel that ache that you go through when you're withdrawing from something you love... almost more than life, itself.
I'm sure that you'll be hearing more about Brian Hickey and Johannes Schaff. And I hope that I do, too.
Monday, January 21, 2008
MY BIO
Heidi Philipsen, raised in the Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor area, has been developing an international career in film, broadcast television and regional theatre that spans over a decade and encompasses writing, directing, acting and producing.
In 1993, she traveled to Germany to study German literature and the arts. Highlights in her seven years abroad include apprenticing at the politically provocative and acclaimed Theatre 89, as well as acting and directing at the Friends of Italian Opera English Theatre in Berlin; weather-presenting, field-producing, translating and on-camera reporting at the Berlin International Film Festival for a worldwide audience (over 28 million viewers a week!) through Deutsche Welle TV; and doing voice-over work at the legendary Grundy Ufa Studios in Babelsberg.
In 2000, Heidi returned Stateside to pursue her M.I.A. in International Media & Communications at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, while comparing notes between U.S. and European television broadcast formats as an intern at ABC’s “Good Morning America” and CBS’s “48 Hours.” Unable to give up the acting bug, Heidi also then filled her spare time with scene study acting at the T. Schreiber Studios, performing Off-Broadway, as well.
In 2004, Heidi moved back to Michigan and, after taking a break to start a family, started the socially motivated local theatre ensemble, “The Personae Ensemble,” understudied at acclaimed actor Jeff Daniel’s regional Equity theatre, The Purple Rose, and went back to film school at the Motion Picture Institute of Michigan, where she wrote and directed her thesis short, “A FORK IN THE ROAD” for which she received “Best Screenplay” and was nominate for “Best Director” at the MPI Student Film Festival.
“A Fork in the Road” has recently been accepted into the official program of the Reel Women International Film Festival in Burbank, California to take place in March 2008.
Today, after recently relocating to the Capital District region, Heidi has teamed up with award-winning cinematographer Robert Shenise and is in the process of working together with Bob and his production company, Shenise Productions, LLC, on several HD projects for television and film. She continues to write, act, direct and produce for both theatre and film through her company, Personae Entertainment, Ltd.
In 1993, she traveled to Germany to study German literature and the arts. Highlights in her seven years abroad include apprenticing at the politically provocative and acclaimed Theatre 89, as well as acting and directing at the Friends of Italian Opera English Theatre in Berlin; weather-presenting, field-producing, translating and on-camera reporting at the Berlin International Film Festival for a worldwide audience (over 28 million viewers a week!) through Deutsche Welle TV; and doing voice-over work at the legendary Grundy Ufa Studios in Babelsberg.
In 2000, Heidi returned Stateside to pursue her M.I.A. in International Media & Communications at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, while comparing notes between U.S. and European television broadcast formats as an intern at ABC’s “Good Morning America” and CBS’s “48 Hours.” Unable to give up the acting bug, Heidi also then filled her spare time with scene study acting at the T. Schreiber Studios, performing Off-Broadway, as well.
In 2004, Heidi moved back to Michigan and, after taking a break to start a family, started the socially motivated local theatre ensemble, “The Personae Ensemble,” understudied at acclaimed actor Jeff Daniel’s regional Equity theatre, The Purple Rose, and went back to film school at the Motion Picture Institute of Michigan, where she wrote and directed her thesis short, “A FORK IN THE ROAD” for which she received “Best Screenplay” and was nominate for “Best Director” at the MPI Student Film Festival.
“A Fork in the Road” has recently been accepted into the official program of the Reel Women International Film Festival in Burbank, California to take place in March 2008.
Today, after recently relocating to the Capital District region, Heidi has teamed up with award-winning cinematographer Robert Shenise and is in the process of working together with Bob and his production company, Shenise Productions, LLC, on several HD projects for television and film. She continues to write, act, direct and produce for both theatre and film through her company, Personae Entertainment, Ltd.
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