Siân Heder is an Academy Award-winning writer and director, whose most recent film, CODA, won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Troy Kotsur. CODA debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021, where it was the first film in the festival’s history to win all four major awards: The Grand Jury Prize, the Audience Award, Best Director, and an Ensemble Acting Award. In 2021, Heder announced her multi-year overall deal with Apple. 

In the feature space, Heder can be seen serving as a director, writer, and producer of Being Heumann, a memoir about the life of disability rights activist Judith Heumann. She has also been tapped to write and direct a feature adaptation of the novel Impossible by Sarah Lotz. 

Heder previously wrote and produced three seasons on the esteemed series, Orange is the New Black, receiving multiple WGA nominations for her work. Her other television writing credits include Men of a Certain Age, which earned her a Peabody Award. 

She has directed episodes of Glow, Orange is the New Black, The Path, and Little America. Her first short film, Mother, was awarded the Cinefondation Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Her debut feature film, Tallulah, starring Elliot Page and Alison Janney, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.