“If your dream only includes you, it’s too small.”
This quote from Ava Duvernay has been a guiding light in everything we do.
Heroine Films is a full-service video production company and creative collective of talented and passionate storytellers and collaborators. We work with agencies, brands, production companies, nonprofits, independent filmmakers and other organizations to tell stories that matter.
We believe in creative production that is diverse, inclusive, and joyful — free from layers and friction, made for an agile project-based world.
Andrea Nordgren
Andrea founded Heroine Films as a values-led creative production collective with a passion for championing diverse stories, creators, communities, and causes.
She has worked as an executive producer and creative director within agencies, brands, and freelance across a number of industries including healthcare, pharma, agriculture, higher eduction, hospitality, financial, tech and food & beverage. Andrea has led teams in developing creative platforms and integrated campaigns including branded content, digital, print, video and film, motion graphics, social, OOH, and radio. She has more than 25 years experience in agency strategy and leadership, managing creative teams from writers, designers, art directors, and video creators to external partners, post-production houses, and crews.
A persistent ally and activist for underrepresented voices and stories, she serves as an industry mentor and. advocates for representation in front of and behind the lens. She is a member of Alliance for Women Directors and was Executive Producer on the 3% Movement team for ten years, a conference and community sparking positive change in representation in advertising and media, and beyond.
Andrea is also an independent commercial director and her reel is at andreanordgren.com
Bespoke inclusive teams
We can quickly custom-build each team, ensuring the ideal creative, production, and budget fit. We are committed to inclusive productions and creating a space of belonging for all.
We believe in:
Advocating for an equitable ecosystem in production.
Championing diverse voices, creators, and crew.
Creating work that is ethically and sustainably produced.
Celebrating underrepresented stories and creators.
THE COLLECTIVE
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A versatile photographer who specializes in events coverage and photojournalism. His passion, however, resides in his street-level photography where he is able to connect to his subjects and learn from different cultural perspectives.
Armando is a photographer based out of Denver, CO, born in Los Angeles, CA and raised in Lompoc, a city on California’s central coast. At the age of 20, he joined the Air Force, serving for six years, including a six month tour in Balad, Iraq in 2005. After his time in the military, Armando attended Metro State University of Denver, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in political science and sociology.
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Mandi is highly experienced in producing, directing and managing video, digital campaigns, social media and photography as well as entire brand accounts. Her work ranges from productions with Fortune 100 brands like GE and Northwestern Mutual to NBA and NFL athlete brand sponsorships to music videos with John Legend, Sarah Bareilles, and Wiz Khalifa.
She prides herself on maintaining relationships with agencies, corporations, artists, filmmakers and contacts she has worked with since the day she began her career.
She credits her love of learning for allowing her to have so many amazing experiences - traveling to the Amazon, working with music legends, NBA athletes, recording albums with indigenous tribes, filming a live scoring session for major motion picture, a tv show about whiskey, interviewing hundreds of truly amazing people and simply taking part in the telling of so many beautiful stories.
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Erik is a post audio engineer, sound designer, and composer based in Los Angeles. His work in television includes mastering, sound design, and localization services for clients like Apple, HBO, Disney, and more.
As a composer for commercials and films, Erik brings a diverse perspective and blend of classical, jazz, and hard core inspiration to his repertoire. He is a multi-instrumentalist and alumni of Berklee College of Music.
Erik is an editor and provides end-to-end post audio & music services from conception & planning to mix & master. His music can be heard in films by Gunner Willis, Jeremy Bradford, and Marquis Wright.
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Cheshire Li (they/them) is a queer and non-binary first-generation Chinese-American director, filmmaker, and photographer based in Denver, Colorado. They work as a freelance adventure filmmaker and photographer with experience as a high-angle operator, as well as experience shooting in high alpine environments, on backcountry tours and on mountain bikes. Their work spans commercial, narrative and documentary sets in camera, grip and electric departments.
Well-traveled and always seeking the next adventure, Cheshire cultivates a deep curiosity for new experiences, a heart for community, and a passion for all the underlying stories that move and shake our world. As a child of immigrants, they bring a complex, inclusive, and compassionate perspective to their storytelling. They are deeply passionate about elevating underrepresented voices in the outdoors and working with other BIPOC and queer creatives behind the camera. The heart of their creative work aims to explore inclusive and intersectional ideas in film while holding the complexity and nuance of those liminal spaces.
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Blake Jackson is multi-disciplinary visual artist based in Denver.
Beginning his career with iPhone photography, Blake’s journey has now led him to focusing on directing, creative direction and producing. A proud father, activist and community leader, Blake’s work is highly influenced by his work within his community and obsession with cinema.
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A Brazilian multimedia artist based in Milwaukee, WI. He spent the past 11 years studying and working with all aspects of photography and film to grow a wide range of skills. He started his career specializing in photo retouching for advertising and fashion, working with large corporations such as ArcelorMittal, Vale, and the major universities, state banks and the government of Espírito Santo as well as photographing and filming for his own company, Original Creative Productions.
To further expand his knowledge and his love of academia, he pursued and was granted a scholarship to study in Portugal. And in December 2022 completed his masters degree in Cinema. Soon after, he met his now wife, immigrated to the US and now works as a freelance retoucher, photographer and filmmaker. In the short time he has been here he has been able to work with amazing professionals and looking forward to cooperating with many more creative minds, exchanging experiences and having fun in the process.
https://jeanvargas.myportfolio.com
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Graham is a photographer that creates impactful images from a place of wonder for Mother Nature and curiosity for what shapes our views of the world. He believes community, story telling, exploration of ourselves, and the world around us are cornerstones of being human. Graham aims to inspire others to connect to each other, nature, and the world around them through the images he creates.
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