1. In 2024 Heather Croall AM was awarded an Order of Australia for her services to the arts and film.
27 Facts About Heather Croall
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In 2023 Croall graduated from MIT Sloan School of Management.
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In 2022, Heather Croall won the Festival Management CEO of the Year 2022 as voted by CEO Monthly magazine.
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Heather Croall won the Leadership Award at the 2020 SA Woman Awards and in 2021, Croall was nominated as Leader of the Year in the South Australian Woman of the Year Awards.
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In 2011 Heather Croall was named one of Realscreen's annual trailblazers, and in 2013 the Alliance of Women Film Journalists named Heather Croall Ambassador of Women's Films for the year, for her work "to boost documentary film and open opportunities for women filmmakers".
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In 2014 Heather Croall was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University.
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In 2021 Heather Croall was awarded the Superhero Award at the DocEdge Festival in New Zealand.
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In 2023, Heather Croall was listed in Top 10 Most Admired Women Leaders.
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Heather Croall was born in Blackpool in 1967 and lived in Sheffield until the age of five, when her family emigrated to South Australia.
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In 1993, Heather Croall set up a production company, Re Angle Pictures, to produce and direct documentaries.
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Heather Croall continued her career at the South Australian Film Corporation, and produced digital and documentary strands at the Adelaide Fringe.
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From 2003, Heather Croall worked for the Australian International Documentary Conference, where she became CEO and Festival Director and developed the MeetMarket pitching event.
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Heather Croall then set up the MeetMarket at Sheffield Docfest in 2006 and it is still a central part of that festival.
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Heather Croall widened it to a five-day event with 3000 delegates and 25,000 public attendees.
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Heather Croall added year-round training and events alongside the festival.
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In 2012 Heather Croall sat on the US Documentary jury at the Sundance Film Festival, and she was on the 25th anniversary advisory committee for PBS's POV documentary series.
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Heather Croall has taken Adelaide Fringe ticket sales from 500,000 to 1 million a year.
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Heather Croall has spearheaded the philanthropic arm at Adelaide Fringe, setting up the Donor Circle and other donation avenues and fundraising which has led to $1million per year in grants being dispersed to artists.
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Heather Croall has grown the marketplace outcomes at Adelaide Fringe 10fold in her time at the organisation.
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Heather Croall has co-produced a number of films, in which directors edit together archive footage on a particular theme, soundtracked by original music.
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In 2024 Heather Croall AM was awarded an Order of Australia for her services to the Arts and Film.
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Heather Croall won the Festival Management CEO of the Year 2022 as voted by CEO Monthly magazine.
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In 2020 Heather Croall won the Leadership Award at the SA Woman Awards and in 2021, Croall was nominated as Leader of the Year in the South Australian Woman of the Year Awards.
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In 2021 Heather Croall was awarded the Superhero Award at the DocEdge Festival in New Zealand.
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In 2014 Heather Croall was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University.
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Heather Croall was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to the performing arts, as an administrator, advocate and film maker".
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Heather Croall has appeared on BBC Two's The Review Show and BBC Radio 4's The Media Show.