Director

Sian Heder

June 23, 1977 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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 and a BAFTA 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.

Notable work

8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as Joyce Rich
7.7
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Director
7.9
CODA (2021)
Director
8.2
Charmed (1998)
as Mom
7.9
Barry (2018)
as Siân Heder
6.7
Tallulah (2016)
Director and Writer
7
Numb3rs (2005)
as Diane Mooney
7.3
GLOW (2017)
Director
7.9
Boston Legal (2004)
as Rachel Beckett

Often works with

Uzo Aduba
2 titles together
Orange Is the New Black, Tallulah
Daniel Durant
2 titles together
CODA, Being Heumann
Alejandro Furth
2 titles together
Barry, Mother
Zachary Quinto
2 titles together
Tallulah, Dog Eat Dog

Full filmography · 15

Little America
Director
20206.6
Barry
as Siân Heder
20187.9
GLOW
Director
20177.3
Orange Is the New Black
Director
20137.7
Dirt
as Justine Dawson
20076.7
Numb3rs
as Diane Mooney
20057
Boston Legal
as Rachel Beckett
20047.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Joyce Rich
19998
Charmed
as Mom
19988.2