About

Heather Cassano

Heather is a documentary filmmaker and the founder of Spin One Films. Her films are reminiscent of the direct cinema movement, adopting a patient, invested approach with her characters. Heather blends this observational style with deeply personal narratives, striving to tell authentic stories through her personal experiences.

In 2018, Heather premiered her first feature-length documentary The Limits of My World to a packed cinema at the Independent Film Festival Boston. The film went on to screen at numerous festivals across the United States and internationally, winning three Best Documentary awards and a Jury Prize.

Heather is now hard at work on her second feature-length documentary The Fate of Human Beings. The project has received support from UnionDocs, the LEF Foundation, Massachusetts Humanities, the University of Connecticut, and the Center for Independent Documentary.

Heather is a professor of film/video at the University of Connecticut, teaching classes in documentary, cinematography, and post-production. She is also the Shorts Program Director at Salem Film Fest.

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