LOKI FILMS is a New York-based documentary film production company founded in 2001 by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. The directing team has been lauded for gaining unprecedented access into hidden worlds and taking an honest approach to delicate subject matter. They were recently featured in Time Magazine as innovators of the documentary craft.

In 2007 Ewing and Grady were nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature for “Jesus Camp,” a candid look at Pentecostal children in America. The film received a wide theatrical release and was broadcast in over 60 countries worldwide. Previously, the team was nominated for an Emmy for “The Boys of Baraka,” a film about preteens struggling to make it in Baltimore city. The film was distributed by Thinkfilm and broadcast on the prestigious POV series on PBS.

In their television work, LOKI FILMS has taken on a vivid array of subjects that include the inner workings of Scientology, the criminally insane, ritualistic body piercing practices, Christian missionaries and even the plight of the aging rock star. The company’s projects have been seen on a variety of networks including CBS, A&E, PBS, VH1, Al Jazeera, Channel 4 and Canal Plus, among others.

Ewing and Grady are currently in production on a new film for HBO to be unveiled in late 2009. The directing team is also adapting the bestselling book “Freakonomics” to the big screen, alongside an all-star team of documentary filmmakers including Morgan Spurlock, Eugene Jarecki and Alex Gibney.