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Sian Heder

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Sian Heder
Gifted with a voice that her parents can’t hear, seventeen-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones), is the sole hearing member of a deaf family—a CODA, Child of Deaf Adults. Her life revolves around acting as interpreter for her parents (Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur) and working on the family’s struggling fishing boat every day before school with her father and older brother (Daniel Durant). But when Ruby joins her high school’s choir club, she discovers a gift for singing and finds herself drawn to her duet partner Miles (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo). Encouraged by her enthusiastic, tough-love choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez) to apply to a prestigious music school, Ruby finds herself torn between the obligations she feels to her family and the pursuit of her own dreams. Screenplay by Siân Heder. Directed by Siân Heder.
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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. They have two children.
BornJune 23, 1977
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BornJune 23, 1977
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 20 wins & 49 nominations total

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    Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, and Emilia Jones in CODA (2021)
    CODA
    8.0
    • Writer(as Siân Heder)
    • 2021
    Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Dascha Polanco, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)
    Orange Is the New Black
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Conphidance in Little America (2020)
    Little America
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Writer(as Siân Heder)
    Ashleigh Sumner in Mother (2006)
    Mother
    6.9
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2006

    Credits

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    Writer

    • Being Heumann
      • Writer
      • Pre-production
    • Conphidance in Little America (2020)
      Little America
      7.6
      TV Series
      • story by
      • teleplay by (as Siân Heder)
      • 2020–2022
    • Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, and Emilia Jones in CODA (2021)
      CODA
      8.0
      • screenplay (as Siân Heder)
      • 2021
    • Allison Janney, Elliot Page, Liliana Ellis, and Evangeline Ellis in Tallulah (2016)
      Tallulah
      6.7
      • written by
      • 2016
    • Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Dascha Polanco, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)
      Orange Is the New Black
      8.0
      TV Series
      • written by
      • story editor
      • staff writer
      • 2013–2015
    • Philip Baker Hall, Zachary Quinto, and Sian Heder in Dog Eat Dog (2012)
      Dog Eat Dog
      7.4
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Ray Romano and Andre Braugher in Men of a Certain Age (2009)
      Men of a Certain Age
      8.0
      TV Series
      • written by (as Siân Heder)
      • 2010–2011
    • Ashleigh Sumner in Mother (2006)
      Mother
      6.9
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2006

    Producer

    • Being Heumann
      • producer
      • Pre-production
    • Conphidance in Little America (2020)
      Little America
      7.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2020–2022
    • Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Dascha Polanco, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)
      Orange Is the New Black
      8.0
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2015
    • Philip Baker Hall, Zachary Quinto, and Sian Heder in Dog Eat Dog (2012)
      Dog Eat Dog
      7.4
      Short
      • producer
      • 2012

    Director

    • Being Heumann
      • Director
      • Pre-production
    • Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, and Emilia Jones in CODA (2021)
      CODA
      8.0
      • Director (as Siân Heder)
      • 2021
    • Conphidance in Little America (2020)
      Little America
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director (as Siân Heder)
      • 2020
    • Queen Fur
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Dascha Polanco, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)
      Orange Is the New Black
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Jackie Tohn, Alison Brie, Sydelle Noel, Kia Stevens, Betty Gilpin, Kate Nash, Britney Young, and Gayle Rankin in GLOW (2017)
      GLOW
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017–2018
    • The Path (2016)
      The Path
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Allison Janney, Elliot Page, Liliana Ellis, and Evangeline Ellis in Tallulah (2016)
      Tallulah
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Philip Baker Hall, Zachary Quinto, and Sian Heder in Dog Eat Dog (2012)
      Dog Eat Dog
      7.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Ashleigh Sumner in Mother (2006)
      Mother
      6.9
      Short
      • Director
      • 2006
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    Interview 3:21
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    'Tallulah' Cast and Filmmaker on Challenges of Working With Babies
    Interview 3:32
    'Tallulah' Cast and Filmmaker on Challenges of Working With Babies
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    • Alternative name
      • Siân Heder
    • Born
      • June 23, 1977
      • Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
    • Spouse
      • David Newsom? - present (2 children)
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