Michael C Williamsĭirector and writer Daniel Myrick - who was awarded the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for Blair Witch - hasn't as yet managed to surpass the success of his debut movie. He's also married to actress Alison Pill of Scott Pilgrim, Milk and The Newsroom fame.
He probably counts as the most active of his co-stars, having also featured in the Independent Spirit Award-winning 2009 film Humpday and the critically-acclaimed HBO series Hung, and most recently popped up in an episode of HBO's True Detective, and more recently bagging recurring roles inTV shows Bates Motel and Heartbeat, as well as cropping up in the Town That Dreaded Sundown remake/sequel and mid-range romances 6 Years (with American Horror Story's Taissa Farmiga) and If I Stay (with Chloe Grace Moretz).Īs a director, Leonard won the Grand Jury Prize at CineVegas with his art documentary Beautiful Losers in 2008.
Joshua Leonard starred as the aspiring film maker/shaky camera holder in the horror movie.Īfter Blair Witch, the actor appeared in HBO's TV movie Live From Baghdad, Robert De Niro drama Men of Honour (2000) and Allison Anders's Things Behind the Sun (2001). growing medical marijuana, releasing a memoir about her new career called Growgirl in 2012, as well as writing a pilot for a show called The High Country. The 39-year-old also played Mary Crawford in Steven Spielberg's Emmy Award-winning mini-series Taken in 2002, and guest-starred in US TV series Without a Trace and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.ĭonahue most recently appeared in 2008 horror The Morgue, and has since dedicated her time to.uh.
She appeared in more indie dramas including Seven and a Match in 2001, and comedy New Suit the following year. Following its success she featured in 2000 romantic comedy Boys and Girls with Jason Biggs and Freddie Prinze, Jr. The Blair Witch Project was the first feature film Donahue starred in. She is probably best remembered during the iconic, oft-parodied scene, snivelling and snotting onto the camera she directs towards her terrified face as she pleads for forgiveness.Īlthough her character was fairly annoying in parts, we're not sure she deserved the Golden Raspberry for Worst Actress in 1999, 'beating' both Sharon Stone ( Gloria) and Catherine Zeta-Jones ( Entrapment and The Haunting). Heather Donahue played the domineering and hyperventilating female lead in the movie.