Lucy Heavens
Lucy Heavens is a South African television writer and actress. Heavens has a background in playwriting, comedy, performance and voice over work and works mainly in animation and cartoons.
Alongside Nic Smal, she is the co-creator of the TV series, Kiff and serves as an executive producer and writer for the series, in addition to writing and producing songs and voicing Helen and Miss Tulane.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]As a child, Heavens amassed a collection of self-recorded VHS tapes of The Simpsons.[2]
Heavens has written for shows such as Supa Strikas, Moosebox, Space Chickens in Space, Love Monster, and The Mighty Ones.
Heavens co-wrote and performed the play, EurAfrica, which was performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, emerging as the Fleur du Cap People's Choice Award in 2007.[3] In 2016, her animated project, Wormholes, was selected for Storylab, an Africa development incubator led by the Walt Disney Animation Studios and Triggerfish Animation Studios.[4][5]
In 2021 Heavens was a presenter at the Annecy Animation Festival on the original programming that was coming out of African animation in collaboration with Disney EMEA.[6] Alongside other African creators at Annecy, Heavens' presentation on the first sneak-peek of Kiff was another significant indicator of a growing trend to pull talent from Africa's animation industry for major content platforms in the US.[7]
Critical reception
[edit]American magazine, Variety named Heavens, along with her animating partner Nic Smal, as one of the top ten animators to watch in 2021.[8] The New York Times placed Kiff in the top 50 best TV shows and movies to watch on Disney+.[9]
Heavens was nominated for two Children's and Family Emmy Awards in the Main Title and Voice Directing for an Animated Series categories for her work on Kiff.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lucy Heavens | Producer, Writer, Actress". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ "The Creators of Disney's Kiff Share Their Inspirations for the New Animated Series". Yahoo News. 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "The announcement of the winners of the 2007 Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards". wine.co.za. 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ Thill, Scott (2015-12-16). "Triggerfish's Story Lab Announces 8 African Winners". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ "Triggerfish Story Lab Announces Top Stories from Continent-Wide Search". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ^ Staff, A. O. L. (2021-06-17). "New African Series 'Kizazi Moto' and 'Kiff' Headline Disney EMEA's Annecy Presentation". www.aol.com. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ Mureithi, Carlos (2021-06-25). "Disney and Cartoon Network are finally embracing African animation". Quartz. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ "Variety's 10 Animators to Watch in 2021 Includes Artists Working in Stop-Motion, Graphic Design and Puppetry". Variety. 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ Tobias, Scott (2024-09-06). "The 50 Best TV Shows and Movies to Watch on Disney+ Right Now". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Schneider, Michael (2023-11-02). "Children's & Family Emmys 2023 Nominees Announced, as NATAS Works Out Ceremony Plans (FULL LIST)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
External links
[edit]- Lucy Heavens at IMDb
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