Heather Fipps is the Senior Program Director at The Redford Center. She has multifaceted experience as a filmmaker, strategic movement organizer, and narrative change campaign producer. She is passionate about leveraging the power of storytelling and imagination to inspire critical thinking and drive conscious impact. She is also Co-Founder and Executive Producer of the Hollywood Climate Summit, an annual conference for multi-sector media professionals to level up their climate knowledge, deepen intersectional values, and grow a cultural movement of sustained climate action in partnership with The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Television Academy, Netflix, NBCUniversal, CAA, UTA, and more.
Before joining The Redford Center, Heather was a Professor of Media and Social Impact at California State University Los Angeles, where she founded a service-learning program that incubated filmmakers and social impact organizations to produce community-led documentaries and impact campaigns. As Head of Film Production at the studio of Mark Bradford, her directing work was recognized by the Global Campus of Human Rights. Heather’s multi-platform projects span collaborations with Netflix, BBC, Hulu, CBS, PBS, National Geographic, Deaf West, the California Air Emissions Board, the League of Conservation Voters, and the US Department of Health. Her words and work have been highlighted in The Hollywood Reporter, LA Times, New York Times, Forbes, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Deadline, and Grist.
Heather is often found hiking or camping with her family, her dog, and a camera in hand.