Biography
Siân Heder (born June 23, 1977) is an American writer, producer, and filmmaker best known for writing and directing the films Tallulah and CODA. CODA earned Heder an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, while the film won for Best Picture. She has also worked on the television series Men of a Certain Age (for which she received a Peabody Award) and Orange is the New Black.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
2025
as Self
In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life i...
Dìdi (弟弟)
2024
Thanks
In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't ...
CODA
2021
Screenplay, Director
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds her...
Tallulah
2016
Director, Writer
Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargaine...
Dog Eat Dog
2012
as Alissa
When Oliver becomes obsessed with a dog at the pound, he finds himself in a desperate rivalry with an unexpected stranger.
Dog Eat Dog
2012
Writer, Director, Producer
When Oliver becomes obsessed with a dog at the pound, he finds himself in a desperate rivalry with an unexpected stranger.
Mother
2006
Director
Desperate to be rid of her toddler in order to have an affair, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills Housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting ...
Dorian Blues
2005
as Ellie
Dorian realizes he is gay in his final year of high school. He meets another gay youth locally, but remains confused. He starts therapy, then resorts ...
Impossible
N/A
Director, Writer
Upcoming film based on Sarah Lotz's novel "Impossible".
Being Heumann
N/A
Director, Writer
In 1977, Judy Heumann leads over a hundred disabled people to take over the San Francisco Federal Building, kicking off a 28-day sit-in.
The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever
N/A
Director
A single dad and NASA physicist who discovers a black hole that will strike earth in a matter of days. The problem is that no one, including his colle...
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
N/A
Director
Sam and Sadie meet as children and reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital storytelling that eludes them in their real...