| Heather Ross | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Film and television director, producer |
| Notable Works: | Girls on the Wall Baby Mama High Who Do You Think You Are? |
Heather Ross is an American film director best known for her 2009 film Girls on the Wall,[1] for which she won an Emmy Award.[2] Ross won a prime time Emmy Award for her work as producer of the Bryan Cranston episode of the genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are.[3] She is also known for directing the 2014 documentary short Baby Mama High as part of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's American Graduate series.[4] The film caused a stir in 2017, when Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) objected to the film's content during a House subcommittee hearing on CPB funding. Harris admitted that he had not actually viewed the film.[5]
Ross is also the director of several shorts in the It Gets Better series of LGBTQ advocacy films, including one featuring Jane Lynch.[6] She is currently working on For Madmen Only, a biographical film about actor and comedy teacher Del Close.[7]