Heidi Jacobsen
(561) 414-7008
heidi20202@gmail.com

2000-Present
Blues Singer, “Heidi and The El Cats”
Performed in three international blues festivals/corporate events/private parties/clubs. Recorded three albums.

2000-Present
Assistant To Director
Assistant to film director Cliff Guest. Producer, Co-writer on projects.
2018 Producer for Blues Harmonica Artist Jason Ricci Music Video, “I’m Too Strong”. Casting, Production Assistant.

2012-2013
Content Developer
Created content for “Patty The Black Cat”
Books/Ebooks/Videos/Music/Products. Available on Kobo.com/Lulu.com/Barnes and Nobles.com/Youtube.com/Zazzle,com

2013
Screenwriter/Writer
Entered Amazon Storyteller contest with original Screenplay “Shanghai Palace.” Wrote a series of four novels High, Sunburnt, Golf Widow, Noir
Also wrote fiction for children, Patty the Black Cat, Simon The Silly Snail, Sir Duke Pigeon Series

Skills:
Word, Final Draft. KCDW Software

Education:
BFA Environmental Design, Parsons School of Design, New York

Goals: Write, Create, Perform.

Film Freeways Festivals: 2016-2021
Film & Music Projects by Heidi Jacobsen

“I Miss You Dad” Short Film
6th Annual I Phone Film Festival
Beverly Hills, California
November 11, 2016

“Mum Came to Visit” Short film
6th Annual I Phone Film Festival
Beverly Hills, California
November 11, 2016

“Shopaholic Webisode # 1”
Hollywood Screening Film Festival
Hollywood, California
Semi – Finalist March 11th & 12th, 2017

“Patty The Black Cat Goes to Key West”
Festival de Cortometrajes “Jose Fransisco Rosado”
Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Best Animated Short film

“Shanghai Palace” Best Screenplay – Finalist
Los Angeles Cinefest- January 14 Promenade Playhouse
Santa Monica, California

Semi-Finalist-Miami Epic Trailer Festival + Industry Boost
“Gigging with The Blues Crusaders”, “Shopaholic Webisode # 3” and “Tales from the Blue Zone”.
Miami, Florida August 24, 2017

Selected Animation- “Patty The Black Cat Has a Lunch Date”
Geo Film Festival & Expo Cinema
Cittadella, Padova, Italy- November 9, 2017

Semi-Finalist “The Monkey and The Orange Tree” Play
Los Angeles Cinefest
Los Angeles, California January 14, 2018

“Utopia” selected as Best Singer/Voice
European Cinematography Awards
Warsaw, Poland January 19, 2018

Selected “Comedy Television Episode”
Atlanta Comedy Film Festival
Atlanta, Georgia December 11, 2017

Selected “Gigging With The Blues Crusaders”
“Rock’ N ’Roll Film Festival
Kenya, Naiobi January 28th 2018

Selected “Blues Conspiracy”
Cefalu Film Festival
Sicily, Italy May 1, 2018

Selected “Heidi and The El Cats One Minute Movie”
60 Second International Film Festival
Islamabad, March 16th, 2018

Selected “Patty The Black Cat Goes to Key West” Animated
Al-Nahj International Film Festival
Karbala, Iraq, April 1, 2018

Selected “Haunted Cat Pet Lodge”
CortoNero_Noir Short Film Competition
Naples, Campania, Italy March 17, 2018

Semi-Finalist “Louisianna” Song Category
Los Angeles Cinefest
Los Angeles California, April 25, 2018

Semi- Finalist “Louisianna” Song Category
Honor Film Festival, Lakeland Public Library
Lakeland, FL USA September 1, 2018

Participant “Shanghai Palace”, in the 2018 American Zoetrope Screenplay, Francis Ford Coppola Competition
February 2019

Finalist- “Spooky Gig” Short Film International Competition
African Smartphone, Lekki, Lagos. December 14, 2018

Selected, “Sunburnt” Short Pilot Screenplay
Script Shop, Cincinnati, Ohio January 31, 2019

Most Trending Singer/Best Playback Singer, “Louisiana” and “Utopia”, Dadasaheb Phalke International Awards February 20 2019, Mumbai, India.

Semi-Finalist ‘The Last Suitcase (Greece)” International Moving Festival, Abadan, Khouzestan, Iran, Documentary November 8, 2019

Selected “Tee Talk Episode 1 & 2” and “Jason Ricci The Making of A Music Video” Fiorenzo Serra Film Festival, Viale Umberto 1, 52 Saasari, Sardinia, Italy.

Selected, “Love Is All Around Us” Rock’N Roll Film Festival, Kenya, Nairobi, January 28, 2020

Finalist “Shanghai Palace” Uruvatti International Film Festival, Tamil Nadu, India, December 2, 2020