- Sian Heder
Sian Heder is an award-winning American
writer andfilmmaker born in Cambridge,Massachusetts .In early 2005, she was one of eight women selected from thousands for the prestigious
American Film Institute 's DWW (Directing Workshop for Women).Her first short film as writer and director ("Mother") won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at the
Florida Film Festival , a victory which automatically qualified the film for a potentialAcademy Award nomination. "Mother" was also selected for the May 2006Cinéfondation Competition of theCannes Film Festival , where it won third place in a field of 18 films from around the globe, and theSeattle International Film Festival , where it received the "2006 Short Film: Narrative Special Jury Prize".Since then the film has been further selected to appear in competition at
Palm Springs International Festival of Shorts and theBritish Film Institute 'sLondon Film Festival (among others).Trivia
* Graduate of
Carnegie Mellon University , School of Drama. BFA, 1999.
* Currently lives with her boyfriend and collaborator,David Newsom , in Los Angeles.External links
* [http://www.motherthemovie.com "Mother" Official Website]
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* Sian Heder at [http://www.myspace.com/26561977 MySpace]
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