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Lucy Heavens is a South African comedy writer and actress known for her series development work and script writing for TV series out of the UK, Europe and the USA with Disney and Nickelodeon. Heavens is a former winner of the Disney-Triggerfish Storylab, a development incubator for writers in Africa. Heavens currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[1]
Heavens has a background in playwriting, comedy, performance and voice over work and works mainly in animation and cartoons.[2] Alongside Nic Smal, she is the co-creator of Kiff and serves as an executive producer and writer for the series, in addition to writing and producing songs and voicing Helen and Miss Tulane.[3]
Early life
editHeaven's comedy inspirations are The Simpsons, Monty Python, SpongeBob Square Pants and Animaniacs. As a child Heavens amassed a collection of self-recorded VHS tapes of The Simpsons.[4] Heaven's grandmother contributed to the collection by taping and mailing VHS tapes of Ducktails from Australia (unavailable in South Africa at the time) to Heavens in Cape Town.[5]
In high school absurdism, Kafka, existentialism, and her continued love of comedy and cartoons led her to study drama and writing plays.[2]
Career
editHeavens co-wrote and performed the play, EurAfrica, which ran in Cape Town and at the Edinburgh Festival, winning the Fleur du Cap People's Choice Award in 2007.[6]Heavens portfolio of absurdist plays led her to getting hired as a writer on the South African produced animated series Supa Strikas.[2]
Since then Heavens has worked on European, Canadian, and American animated productions.[2] In 2016, Heavens' animated project, Wormholes, was selected for Storylab, an Africa-wide development incubator led by the Walt Disney Company and South African animation studio, Triggerfish.[7] [8] Wormholes is about three teen cosmic worms who adventure through wormholes to the far reaches of the Zooniverse, and help all manner of creatures deal with anything from planetary threats to "boring meanies."[9]
Heavens has exclusively worked in animation except for a brief stint for two years in London writing on late night comedy panel shows.[10]The limitations of working and forging her career in Heavens' native South Africa where budgets for animation shows were extremely limited forced Heavens to wear many different hats from producing, to directing, to voice acting to keep costs low at the studios she was employed at. She credits these years of cutting her teeth as a producer/writer on extremely low budget projects as experiences that equipped her with the necessary skills to run her own show.[1]
Variety named Heavens, along with her animating partner Nic Smal, as one of the top ten animators to watch in 2021.[11] Heavens met storyboard artist and animator Nic Smal at a studio in Cape Town where they bonded over similar comedic, animation, and story sensibilities.[2]
Heavens' and Smal's collaboration on Kiff started when Smal started to re-shape an initial crude image of a squirrel named Kiff, originally drawn and imagined up by Heavens.[12] Heavens and Smal have noted that ‘Kiff" is a slang word for ‘cool’ in South Africa, and they were inspired by the people and places they experienced when growing up in Cape Town, with many of the characters of Kiff reflecting the personalities of their own family and friends.[2] In the early stages of the show's development Heavens and Smal would hike Table Mountain in Cape Town while discussing the stories and characters of Kiff.[13] This set the foundation for the creation of Table Town, the primary setting for Kiff Chatterley and the show's other characters.[14]
Having recently signed with a manager in LA, Heavens applied to the Department of Trade and Industry in South Africa for funding to parlay a trip to Los Angeles into a stopover at KidScreen in Miami where she would have the opportunity to pitch Kiff.[15] On March 10, 2023 Heavens' series Kiff premiered on the Disney Channel in association with Titmouse Inc. [16]
In an October 2023 interview Heavens named "Blooper Quest" and "The Sound of Helen" as her favorite Kiff episodes. Heavens is nominated for two Children's and Family Emmy Awards in the Main Title and Voice Directing for an Animated Series categories for her work on Kiff.[17]
Heavens has an overall development deal with Disney and will develop new animated shows, films, shorts and specials for Disney Channel Channel & Disney+. The deal includes a second animated series for Disney Channel currently in development pending for a series greenlight.[18]
Heavens is currently working on the third season of Kiff which was recently announced to be officially green-lit by Disney[19].
Filmography
editTelevision
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-2024 | Kiff | Executive Producer, Writer (created by), Helen, Miss Tulane, Additional Voices | |
| 2020-2022 | The Mighty Ones | Writer | |
| 2020 | Love Monster | Writer | |
| 2019 | Space Chickens in Space | Writer | |
| 2018 | Moosebox | Writer | |
| 2010-2014 | Supa Strikas | Writer |
References
edit- ^ "Lucy Heavens". LightBox Expo 2023. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ a b c d e "Fusion Voices: Lucy Heavens: Writer, Showrunner, Producer on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ Betti, Tony (2023-03-08). "Spending Some Time With "Kiff" Creators Nic Smal and Lucy Heavens". LaughingPlace.com. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "The Creators of Disney's Kiff Share Their Inspirations for the New Animated Series". Yahoo News. 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast : Nic Smal and Lucy Heavens - Kiff". bancroftbros.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ "The announcement of the winners of the 2007 Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards". wine.co.za. 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ Thill, Scott (2015-12-16). "Triggerfish's Story Lab Announces 8 African Winners". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ "Triggerfish Story Lab Announces Top Stories from Continent-Wide Search". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ^ Al Jazeera English Network (June 13, 2016). "Pan-African Triggerfish Story Lab Scores with Short For Ed". Modern Ghana. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ^ "Lucy Heavens: Writer, Showrunner, Producer". GetPodcast. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ Vourlias, Andrew Barker,Stuart Miller,Malina Saval,Shalini Dore,Carole Horst,Selome Hailu,Terry Flores,Christopher (2021-10-14). "Variety's 10 Animators to Watch in 2021 Includes Artists Working in Stop-Motion, Graphic Design and Puppetry". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Lucy Heavens: Writer, Showrunner, Producer by Fusion Voices". Spotify for Podcasters. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ Development, PodBean. "Guests: 'Kiff' Creators Lucy Heavens & Nic Smal | LCJ Q&A Podcast". lcj.podbean.com (Podcast). Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ Zahed, Ramin (February 27, 2023). "'Kiff' Creators Lucy Heavens & Nic Smal Gives Us the Scoop on Their Colorful Disney Comedy". Animation Magazine. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ^ "Lucy Heavens: Writer, Showrunner, Producer by Fusion Voices". Spotify for Podcasters. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ Rosario, Alexandra Del (2021-06-17). "'Kiff': Disney Channel Greenlights Animated Series From South African Creators Lucy Heavens & Nic Smal". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ Schneider, Michael (2023-11-02). "Children's & Family Emmys 2023 Nominees Announced, as NATAS Works Out Ceremony Plans (FULL LIST)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: KIFF CREATORS INK OVERALL DEVELOPMENT DEAL AT DISNEY TVA & DISNEY+". Tumblr. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "Kiff Scores Season Three Renewal As Part Of Nic Smal And Lucy Heavens Extended Overall Development Deal Alongside Second Show In Development". Tumblr. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
External Links
edit- Lucy Heavens at IMDB
- This article incorporates material derived from the "Lucy Heavens" article on the Kiffpedia at Fandom (formerly Wikia) and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License ().