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Siân Heder ( / ˈʃɑːn ˈheɪdər /; born June 23, 1977) is an American filmmaker who is best known for writing and directing the films Tallulah and CODA. CODA earned Heder an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Troy Kotsur . Early life.
Sian Heder was born on 23 June 1977 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for CODA (2021), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and Little America (2020).
Mar 21, 2022 · Now Heder (also the showrunner of Apple TV+’s Little America and writer-director of Tallulah) is Academy Award–nominated for adapting the Best Picture contender’s screenplay. (She...
Jan 31, 2023 · When CODA writer-director Siân Heder used to write for the Netflix prison drama Orange Is the New Black, everyone would tease her about being a “research nerd.”. “I was the one who knew how to actually build a prison bomb out of things you could buy in the commissary, because I would go deep.
Jan 16, 2022 · Writing and directing a film about a deaf family was one steep learning curve for Sian Heder. Screen talks to the Coda filmmaker about putting authenticity at the heart of her creative approach.
Jul 29, 2021 · ‘CODA’ Director Sian Heder Opens Up About Her $25 Million Sundance Deal and Creating the Perfect Tear-Jerker. By. Rebecca Rubin. Courtesy of Apple. Sian Heder knew the sound department...
Aug 10, 2021 · Sian Heder Just Made One of the Best-Reviewed Movies of the Year, But She Had to Fight Hard for Her Vision. Coda has broken Sundance records, is beloved by critics, and, with a largely deaf...
Mar 4, 2022 · Siân Heder of ‘CODA’ on Deaf Culture, Film Opportunities and the Power of ASL. By Tim Gray. Courtesy of Mark Hill/Apple TV Plus. “ CODA ” started as “a scrappy production with few resources and...
Jan 14, 2022 · It’s been a long road for writer-director Sian Heder, who’s been attached to the project for several years, since CODA was set up for a studio treatment at Lionsgate. Adapted from the French film...
Sian Heder was born on 23 June 1977 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for CODA (2021), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and Little America (2020). She is married to David Newsom.
