LOKI FILMS is a New York-based documentary film production company founded in 2001 by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. The directing team has been lauded for gaining unprecedented access into hidden worlds and taking an honest approach to delicate subject matter. They were recently featured in Time Magazine as innovators of the documentary craft.
In 2007 Ewing and Grady were nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature for "Jesus Camp," a candid look at Pentecostal children in America. The film received a wide theatrical release and was broadcast in over 60 countries worldwide. Previously, the team was nominated for an Emmy for "The Boys of Baraka," a film about preteens struggling to make it in Baltimore city. The film was distributed by Thinkfilm and broadcast on the prestigious POV series on PBS.
Ewing and Grady have recently completed "12th & Delaware" a provocative new documentary on the raging abortion battle in America. The film will premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in the US documentary competition. The team also recently finished a film on the youth of Saudi Arabia which will air on MTV in Spring, 2010. They are also one of four filmmakers adapting the bestselling book “Freakonomics” to the big screen. They are currently developing a new non-fiction film about Detroit City and its struggle to stay afloat.
In their television work, LOKI FILMS has taken on a vivid array of subjects that include the inner workings of Scientology, the criminally insane, ritualistic body piercing practices, Christian missionaries and even the plight of the aging rock star. The company's projects have been seen on a variety of networks including CBS, A&E, PBS, VH1, Al Jazeera, Channel 4 and Canal Plus, among others.
Both Heidi and Rachel are members of the Director's Guild of America as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.