Heidi Ewing

Director, Producer, Writer

Heidi Ewing is a director, producer, and writer of documentary films. She and Rachel Grady founded Loki Films in 2001, and have collaborated on several documentaries together. Detropia won two awards, Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Original Score, at the 2013 Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking.

Ewing is a native of Farmington Hills, Michigan, and is a graduate of Mercy High School and the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.

Known For

  • Jesus Camp
    Jesus Camp2006
  • One of Us
    One of Us2017
  • I Carry You with Me
    I Carry You with Me2021
  • The Carman Family Deaths
    The Carman Family Deaths2025
  • Freakonomics
    Freakonomics2010
  • Detropia
    Detropia2012
  • The Boys of Baraka
    The Boys of Baraka2005
  • 12th & Delaware
    12th & Delaware2010
  • Dogs
    Dogs2 seasons
  • Love Fraud
    Love Fraud4 episodes
  • Folktales
    Folktales2025
  • Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
    Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You2016
  • Endangered
    Endangered2022
  • The Education of Mohammad Hussein
    The Education of Mohammad Hussein2012
  • Call Your Mother
    Call Your Mother2020
  • Makers: Women Who Make America
    Makers: Women Who Make America2 seasons
  • Quad Gods
    Quad Gods2024
  • True Life
    True Life13 seasons
  • Nine for IX
    Nine for IX1 season
  • Investigative Reports
    Investigative Reports12 seasons