About Us
Heidi Hemmat is a 6-time EMMY award winning Investigative journalist who spent the first 22 years of her career researching, writing, producing and presenting on-air reports for major television networks including CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX.
During her years as a Denver investigative reporter, Heidi was often on the front lines of the worst tragedies in U.S. history. She covered the Columbine high school shooting, 9-11, the Aurora movie theater massacre, the Utah kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart, the Bailey, Colorado school shooting, and the Oklahoma City bombing trial, just to name a few.
Heidi’s experience as a news reporter taught her how to interview people who have been through enormous loss, put them at ease and tell their stories in a way that makes everyone feel their pain.
"Heidi came highly recommended and she did not disappoint. She worked with us on a very short timeline and produced an excellent video for our use at mediation which helped the case settle very favorable for our clients."
Gus Panagotacos | Dunn & Panagotacos, LLP – San Francisco, CA
In 2008, Heidi’s brother Chad Hemmat, who is a personal injury attorney in Denver, Colorado, asked her to produce a “day-in-the-life” mediation video for an upcoming settlement conference. Heidi put together a mediation video that looked and sounded just like one of her investigative reports. Heidi’s first mediation video resulted in a multi-million-dollar settlement. It wasn’t long before other Denver law firms were contacting Heidi to produce similar mediation videos –and a side business was born.
Heidi Hemmat Productions officially opened for business in 2016. Heidi has assembled a “dream-team” of EMMY award winning photographers, editors and a very talented graphic artist. We use only the best, state-of-the art equipment to create network quality video documentaries.
Our Team
Each member of our team has more than 20 years of network TV experience in investigative reporting, producing, writing, videography, editing and graphic arts. Collectively, our team (of 4) has been honored with 36 EMMY Awards for broadcast television excellence. But that’s not why you should choose us over our competition.
At Heidi Hemmat productions, we believe what sets us apart is our empathy, compassion and our heartfelt desire to give a voice to the people who need it most –those who have suffered catastrophic injuries or devastating loss, and are, often times, no longer capable of telling their own stories.
We are not the oldest, or the biggest legal video production company in the U.S., but we are the best. And we think our $136,000,000.00 (and counting) in settlements awarded at mediation since 2016 prove it.
Director of Photography
Ryan Borgman
Ryan Borgman is the Director of Photography/Editing at Heidi Hemmat Productions and has been shooting and editing day in the life videos and settlement documentaries since 2006.
Ryan spent the first 20 years of his career working as a news photographer for FOX, NBC, ABC, the CW and CNN. Ryan met Heidi in 1995 when they were both working at WXIN-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana. As fate would have it., Ryan and Heidi (who both grew up in Colorado) ended up working at the same station again in 2001–KDVR in Denver–where Ryan was a photographer/editor and Heidi was an Investigative reporter.
Creative Director
Nick Carvin
Nick Carvin has been working for as a Graphic Artist for Heidi Hemmat Productions since 2016. Helping to produce dozens of high-quality day in the life videos, and legal documentaries. He has been a critical member of the Heidi Hemmat team for many years.
Nick graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a B.S. in Art. After graduating college, Nick spent a majority of his career working for television stations, including KDVR in Denver, where he met Heidi.
Nick has 15 years of professional animation and motion graphics experience. He specializes in forensic animation and medical illustration. He enjoys taking technical information and transforming it into effective visual storytelling animations. Using 3D animation techniques, Nick can accurately depict vehicle accidents or bodily injuries that can help the viewer visualize events not captured on camera.
Nick has been honored with 15 Emmy awards.
