In the 1999 horror film The Blair Witch Project, student filmmaker Heather’s surname is Donahue.
Heather Donahue is one of three student filmmakers who enter the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while investigating the local legend of the Blair Witch. She serves as the group’s organizer and frequently documents their journey with a video camera, creating the found-footage structure that defines the film.
The character shares her name with the actor who played her, Heather Donahue. Michael C. Williams and Joshua Leonard also appear as fictionalized versions of themselves, strengthening the film’s documentary-like presentation. Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez directed and co-wrote the movie.
The film’s marketing initially encouraged audiences to treat the footage and disappearances as real, although the story is fictional. Another common confusion concerns the location: the fictional legend is associated with Burkittsville, formerly called Blair, while the film was shot in several Maryland locations.