Heather Dune Macadam

Heather Dune Macadam

(She/Her)
Director/Producer/Writer
Rena's Promise Foundation & Promise Productions
First-time Director/Producer and author of an international best seller, brings her book to the new documentary: 999 - The Forgotten Girls.
Full Bio
AUTHOR
STARCROSSED – A TRUE ROMEO AND JULIET STORY IN HITLER’S PARIS Aug 2023
Kensington-Citadel Books (USA)
Translated into 6 languages to date, including Spanish, Slovak, and Hebrew.

999-THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE FIRST GIRLS IN AUSCHWITZ Jan 2020
Kensington-Citadel Books (USA) Hodder & Stoughton (UK)
Translated into 19 languages to date, including China, Russia, Spanish and Hebrew.

RENA'S PROMISE: A STORY OF SISTERS IN AUSCHWITZ (Creative Nonfiction, Memoir)
Beacon Press (USA), Orion House (UK) 1995/new edition 2015
Professional Credits
Director/Producer/Writer: 999 - The Forgotten Girls


PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
Cities of Peace - Oświęcim, Poland Jan. 2015
70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz - Documentary

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
PROMISE VIGILS March 2012
A worldwide virtual event retracing the journey of the first transport to Auschwitz; Rena’s Promise YouTube Channel.

ASSISTANT TO THE PRODUCER- 1999
“I Remember Me” – Documentary, produced by Kim Snyder

MANAGER - THE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 1997
Industry Awards
Human Rights Award — Hamptons Doc Fest 2023

PEN Award Finalist — Best Biography 2021

Goodreads Finalist — Best Biography 2021

Best Digital Nonfiction, Best Digital Memoir, Wise Bear Digital Awards 2013

Indiana Review — Finalist 2008

Presidential Fellowship, Savannah College of Art and Design 2006

Carnegie Grant for Authors 2000

John Steinbeck/Alden Whitman Award 2000

Tennessee Williams One-Act Play Competition—Finalist 2000
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