Heidi Honeycutt is an American journalist, author, actress, filmmaker, film programmer, and co-founder of the Los Angeles-based Etheria Film Night, [1] [2] [3] a film festival that showcases short films by women directors. She established the festival in 2014 with Stacy Pippi Hammon, [4] [5] and serves as its Director of Programming. [4] [6] Honeycutt and Hammon had previously run the Viscera Film Festival alongside Shannon Lark. [7] As a journalist, Honeycutt has written for such magazines as Fangoria and Famous Monsters of Filmland . [4] [8]
In 2007, Honeycutt wrote, produced, and starred in the short film Wretched, which she also co-directed with Leslie Delano. [9] She also appeared as herself in the horror mockumentary, The Once and Future Smash. [10] In 2024, she served as jury president of the International Short Film Competition award ceremony at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival. [11]