Andy Heathcote is a British independent filmmaker specialising in documentary feature films. His projects are made within production company Trufflepig Films.

Heathcote grew up in Fife

Fife

Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. After taking a photography degree he trained as an assistant film editor for three years, working on commercials and corporate projects and in television news and current affairs. He has attended the Northern Film School

Northern Film School

The Northern Film School is part of the Leeds Metropolitan University faculty of Film, Television and Performing Arts. It is one of the largest full-time film schools in the UK with both bachelors and masters degrees, and it is situated in the city centre of Leeds.-History:As far back as the late...

 and the Polish National Film School in Łódź.

Filmography

• The Moo man (in post-production 2010)
• The Lost World of Mr Hardy
  The Lost World of Mr Hardy
  The Lost World of Mr Hardy is a feature length documentary film about a much loved family fishing tackle business. It was directed by Andy Heathcote and Heike Bachelier. The film tells the story of the disappearing art of the craftsman through the history of the Hardy Brothers, the Rolls Royce of...
  
  (2008)
• English Goodbye (2000)
• Sounds Like Sunlight (1997)
• Katarzyna (1993)
• Submariner (1992)

External links

• The Lost World of Mr Hardy official website
• Torino Film Festival profile