Director Siân Heder used the leverage from her 'CODA' Oscar win to get 'Being Heumann' made, saying she feared she might never again hold enough power in the industry to pull it off. Heder said that making it her next project after 'CODA' was a deliberate move to capitalize on that momentum, and she also insisted on including a sex scene in the film.
Source: New York Post — How ‘CODA’ Director Siân Heder Used Oscar Win to Get ‘Being Heumann’ Made — And Why She Insisted on a Sex Scene. Also reported by BuzzFeed.
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Siân Heder, Being Heumann, CODA, Oscar, film industry
