Sian Heder, Director of ‘CODA’ Wins At The 2022 Oscars For Best Adapted Screenplay

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Sian Heder brought the Oscar audience to its feet winning her first Academy Award for adapting CODA (Child Of Deaf Adult), from the 2014 French film  La famille Bélie written by Victoria Bedos.

This is the first Oscar and nomination for Heder. During her acceptance speech (accompanied by an ASL interpreter), she talks about the process of getting the film made. “This was an independent film and incredibly hard to get made so I want to thank my team, my producers and all of you for believing in me, and how I wanted to make this movie,” she said.

The director then acknowledges that the journey to getting this film where it is today, started at Sundance 2021. “I want to thank Sundance for starting this journey.

I want to thank Apple for being amazing partners on this ride. Writing and making this movie was truly life changing as an artist and a human being.”She then went on to thank the crew, and actors involved in the project, in addition to thanking the deaf and CODA community for being an inspiration.