Heather Brittain

Heather is an award-winning actress and filmmaker. Credits include Blue Bloods (CBS), Tom's Dilemma, a feature produced by the Sundance award-winning Darren Dean ("The Florida Project", "Tangerine"), and the Vimeo Staff Pick "At The End Of The Cul-De-Sac", a Paul Trillo film which was featured in TIME Magazine and premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Heather is President of Via Mantra Productions, an independent film production company. Via Mantra's latest film is the 1970's thriller Victim No. 6 starring Heather, alongside Russ Russo ("Catch Hell", "An Act of War"), which has won numerous awards, and several Best Actress awards for Heather, including a Best Performance award from Kevin Smith at his inaugural Smodcastle Film Festival.

Next up for Heather & Via Mantra are two feature films; Big Enzo's Wedding and Haunting Skies, both of which are in development. Heather is a member of SAG-AFTRA, she is Vice-Chair of the board of directors for the Garden State Film Festival, New Jersey's Premier Independent Film Festival, and is a member of New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT) as well as Women in Media.

Heather is also the founder of Film Festival Insider.