Veena Sud

Birth Name:

Veena Sud

Profession

Writer, Director, Producer

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
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․"
Recipient of a Certificate of Merit at the 2000 San Francisco International Film Festival in the Film & Video Short Narrative category for "One Night․"
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․"

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