Laura has a MA in animation from the Royal College of Art in London and a BFA in film from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her award-winning experimental animation and puppet films have been screened extensively in the US and abroad (including Rotterdam, Annecy, Hong Kong International Film Festival, London International Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film festival, Walker Art Center, Guggenheim) Her most recent film Look for Me was commissioned by Channel 4 Television and the British Council. She is an animation director at Slinky Pictures (UK), and Duck Studios (LA). Besides her work in animation Laura also works in Puppet theater. Her solo cabaret act in which tiny stories unfold within match boxes (The Matchbox Shows) have toured all over the world. She is currently teaching experimental animation at CalArts.

You can see more of her work at www.lauraheit.com