Being Heumann

Being Heumann is an upcoming American biographical drama film directed by Sian Heder with Ruth Madeley starring as Heumann alongside Mark Ruffalo. It is an adaptation of the memoir Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann.

Being Heumann
Directed by	Sian Heder
Screenplay by	Sian Heder Rebekah Taussig
Based on	Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann
Produced by	Kevin Walsh David Permut John W. Beach Kevin Cleary
Starring	Ruth Madeley Mark Ruffalo Dylan O'Brien Rob Delaney Ray Fisher
Cinematography	Jamie D. Ramsay
Production companies	Apple Studios The Walsh Company Gravity Squared Entertainment Permut Presentations
Distributed by	Apple TV+
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Ruth Madeley as Judith Heumann
• Mark Ruffalo as Joseph A. Califano Jr.
• Dylan O'Brien as Evan White
• Madeline Delp as Kitty Cone
• Rob Delaney as Congressman Miller
• Ray Fisher as Chuck Jackson
• Michael Patrick Thornton as Ed Roberts
• Antwan Tolliver as Brad Lomax
• Daniel Durant as Steve McCleeland
• Jon Beavers as Jim Pechin
• Roberta Colindrez as Joni Breves
• Russell Harvard as Olin Fortney

Production

The film is directed by Sian Heder, who – with Rebekah Taussig – adapted the Judy Heumann memoir, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist. The film is from Apple Studios and is produced by David Permut and Kevin Walsh, whose the Walsh Company has an overall deal with Apple. Heumann's managers, John W. Beach and Kevin Cleary of Gravity Squared Entertainment, are also producers.^[1]

In May 2025, Ruth Madeley was cast to play Heumann.^[1] Mark Ruffalo and Dylan O'Brien were added to the cast the following month.^[2][3] In July 2025, Madeline Delp, Rob Delaney, Ray Fisher, Michael Patrick Thornton, Antwan Tolliver, Daniel Durant, Jon Beavers, Roberta Colindrez, and Russell Harvard joined the cast.^[4][5]

Principal photography took place in Toronto in mid-2025.^[6]