Dechen RODER was born in 1980 in Bumthang, Bhutan. She learned film on the job and through self-training. Since 2004, she made multiple documentaries that aired on Bhutan National TV.Her work Young People on Wheels was nominated for the UNICEF Child Rights Awards in 2006. In 2011, she produced her first short fiction. Original Photocopy of Happiness (2011) was nominated for Best Short Film in the 2011 Brussels International Independent Film Festival and won Jury Mention at the 17th IFVA Hong Kong Awards in 2012. Her most recent short film 3 Year 3 Month Retreat was screened in Berlinale, Fribourg, Melbourne, Palm Springs, and many other festivals worldwide. Honeygiver Among the Dogs (2016) is her first feature film.