Veena Sud Biography

Fast Facts

• Former marketing and distribution director at Third World Newsreel, which specializes in films by and about people of color
• Honored for her work on "The Killing" in The Hollywood Reporter's 2011 "Power Showrunners" list
• Recipient of a Certificate of Merit at the 2000 San Francisco International Film Festival in the Film & Video Short Narrative category for "One Night․"
• Honored for her work on "The Killing" in Variety's "Women's Impact Report․"
• Nominated for a Writers Guild of America TV Award in 2012 in the New Series category for "The Killing․"
• Received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Film and Television program at New York University
• Before moving into TV writing, she worked as a print and broadcast journalist
• Quote: "(On her characters) "You get some time to see all their different colors and all the great things they're capable of - and all the terrible things they're capable of․ But staying true to those characters means allowing them to grow․""
• Perhaps best known for developing the TV drama "The Killing․"