Veena Cabreros-Sud (pronounced "Sood") is a Canadian-born American television writer, director, and producer. She is best known for developing the American television drama series '' The Killing'' (2011-2014), which is based on the Danish series '' Forbrydelsen (The Crime)''.

Early life and education

Sud was born in

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to Mohendra Sud, a physician born in

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, and Jessica Cabreros, a nurse born and raised in the

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. She grew up in

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, a suburb near

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.Veena Cabreros-Sud
sawnet.org, February 16, 2012. Sud graduated from

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and attended

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, where she studied political science and women's studies. She served as university senator. After graduating from Barnard, she spent several years working as a journalist at

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and at the media-watchdog group

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. When she was 28, she enrolled at

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and received a

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degree from the Film and Television program.

Career

After graduation, Sud directed

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's ''

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'' before moving to Los Angeles, where she was hired as an episode writer for the short-lived 2002 television series ''

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''. Shortly afterwards, Sud was hired as a writer for the

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police drama ''

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''. After three seasons, she was promoted to executive producer, a role she served for the show's fourth and fifth seasons. Sud went on to develop '' The Killing,'' a crime drama based on a popular Danish series. Running from 2011-2014 and four seasons, the series earned her an

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and a Writers Guild of America award nomination.2012 Emmy Awards
emmys.com, February 16, 2012. In 2018, Sud developed the limited series '' Seven Seconds'', a Netflix crime drama inspired by the

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movement, and starring

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. The same year, Regina King won the

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for lead actress in a limited series for her performance in ''Seven Seconds.'' In 2020, Sud developed '' The Stranger'', a

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horror web series about a rideshare driver who is terrorized by her sociopathic passenger. Sud was formerly the marketing and distribution director for

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, which specializes in films by and about

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Filmography

*'' The Stranger'' (2020) (writer, director, executive producer) *'' The Lie'' (2018) (writer, director) *'' Seven Seconds'' (2018) (writer, executive producer) *'' The Salton Sea'' (2016 film) (writer, director, producer) *'' The Killing'' (2011–2014) (writer, executive producer) *''

'' (2003–2008) (writer, story editor, executive producer) *''

'' (2002) (episode writer) *''

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'' (2002) (season three director) *''

'' (2001) (episode director) *''I Stop Writing The Poem'' (2000) (director) *''One Night'' (2000) (director) *''The Appointment'' (1999) (sound mixer) * ''Stretchmark'' (1996) (writer, director, actress)

Awards

''One Night''

*Won the

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Certificate of Merit in Film & Video - Short Narrative

''The Killing''

* Nominated for

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for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series * Nominated for

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for New Series

''Seven Seconds''

* Won Black Reel Award for Outstanding Television Movie or Limited Series *Won Black Reel Award for Outstanding Screenplay, TV Movie or Limited Series with Shalisha Francis

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sud, Veena American television directors American women television producers American television writers Canadian emigrants to the United States Canadian people of Indian descent Canadian people of Filipino descent American women television directors Living people Film directors from Toronto Tisch School of the Arts alumni American women television writers Showrunners Writers from Toronto Canadian writers of Asian descent Writers from Cincinnati American writers of Filipino descent Film directors from Ohio Barnard College alumni Pacifica Foundation people American women journalists Screenwriters from Ohio Asian-Canadian filmmakers American women writers of Indian descent 1967 births