____Selected exhibitions

• 7th Annual Great Small Works, Temporary Toy Theater Museum, New York, 2005
• Milwaukee International Film Festival, 1st Place Award, 2005
• Handmade Dreams, puppet film showcase, Newport Beach Film Festival, California, 2005
• Women in the Director’s Chair, national tour, 2004-2005
• Xinnacitta, Barcelona, Spain, 2004
• Corto Imola International Short Film Festival, Imola, Italy, 2003
• Tabor Film Festival, Croatia, 2003

Born in Minneapolis in 1974, Laura Heit has a BFA, 1996, from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a MA, 2003, from the Royal College of Art, London. A filmmaker, illustrator, and designer, director and performer of puppet theater, she has toured her solo performance piece The Matchbox Shows, wherein tiny puppet shows are presented within the stage of a matchbox. She has made several award winning animated films including Look for Me commissioned by Channel 4, London.