NC Heikin began her career at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club in New York and went on to work on and off Broadway as an actress, singer, dancer, writer and director with such luminaries as Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, Wally Shawn and Andrei Serban. She has written screenplays for Disney and Paramount as well as French TV networks. In 2004, she made her directing debut with her prize-winning short, mañana, available on Indiepix. Her first documentary, Kimjongilia, about North Korean refugees, premiered at Sundance, won the One World Human Rights Best Film 2010, and has been seen around the world, including on Netflix until 2016.  Sound of Redemption, The Frank Morgan Story, about a troubled jazz musician, premiered in NYC at Lincoln Center on August 2, 2015. It has a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In 2018, Heikin made a short documentary and music video with roots band Naked Blue and popular thriller writer, Lee Child, for their collaborative album, “Just the Clothes on My Back”. Her narrative script, Niki and Joan, based on an explosive encounter between feminist sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle and American abstract expressionist Joan Mitchell, was invited to the eQuinoxe screenwriter’s lab in Europe and is being produced by Gabriella Tana (Philomena, The Dig.) Her current film, Life & Life, about a convicted murderer and musician, will have its East Coast premiere at the Brooklyn Film Festival. Ms. Heikin lives in Paris, France and Yonkers, NY.