Rob Heydon

Rob Heydon (born August 19, 1970) is a Canadian film producer and director of television series, feature films and documentaries. Heydon was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He honed his producing sensibility at the Norman Jewison Canadian Film Centre for Advanced Film Studies working as a PM and producer. Rob Heydon is a partner with VFX and animation company Lazarus Effects Inc. Heydon just finished Isabelle, a feature film for Lakeshore Entertainment produced and directed by Rob Heydon starring Adam Brody and Amanda Crew written by writer Donald Martin with producer Sid Ganis and Joni Sighvatsson. In 2018, Heydon executive produced O.G. the feature film with Jeffrey Wright. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Jeffrey Wright won best actor at the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2017, Heydon executive produced The Crescent the feature film directed by Seth Smith. The film premiered at Midnight Madness at the Toronto International Film Festival. Amazon acquired the film. Also, Heydon was Executive Producer of the $26m television series, The Pinkertons for straight to syndication in the US. Heydon produced and directed Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy, based on the #1 bestselling novel by Irvine Welsh. He won a 2000 Juno Award for Best Music Video for Edwin's "Alive", which also won People's Choice Award at Much Music Video Awards. One of Heydon’s first positions in film was assisting Allen Yamashita in a number of ride-film projects and installations. Yamashita was the assistant to Special Effects maestros Douglas Trumbull and Richard Yuricich on Blade Runner. After directing and producing over 100 music videos and commercials, Heydon went on to shoot the new film Go Further, starring Woody Harrelson (Audience Award runner up prize at Toronto International Film Festival). He produced and direct Rippin, a documentary on professional snowboarders which aired on Movie TV and Citytv, as well as Pleasure Force on the Toronto dance scene. Heydon directed the Citytv/Space Ne