Filmmaking and Moving Image Arts faculty member Heather Winters ’84, an award-winning film producer, director, and writer, is celebrating the world premiere of her latest documentary, Desmond Child Rocks the Parthenon. The film, which unites rock icons with the prolific songwriter in a concert at the ancient Odeon of Herodes Atticus amphitheater, showcases both Child’s canon of music and the cultural and historical significance of the Parthenon.
A faculty member at her alma mater since 2011, Winters’ career as a film producer, director, and writer spans 25 years and has garnered numerous awards and nominations. Among them, she is a two-time Sundance-winning executive producer, for the Academy Award nominated documentary Super Size Me and the Sundance-winning dramatic feature Anywhere, u.s.a. Coming up, Winters will author an academic book on producing, sharing more broadly the considerable skills her students benefit from daily.
“It was an honor to direct and produce this film about one of the greatest living music legends of our time, and work with these amazing rock stars,” said Winters of Desmond Child Rocks the Parthenon. The documentary will have its world premiere at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival on March 13, 2026.