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Veena Sud

Veena Sud

Birth : 1967-06-25, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

History

Veena Cabreros-Sud is a Canadian-born American television writer, director, and producer. Born in Toronto and of Filipino and Indian heritage, she is best known for developing the American television drama The Killing, which is based on the Danish series Forbrydelsen (The Crime). Sud received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Film and Television program at New York University. Her credits on The Killing also include writer and executive producer. The series earned her an Emmy nomination and a Writers Guild of America award nomination. Her previous television work includes the dramatic series Cold Case, where she was a writer and executive producer. She was also an episode writer for the 2002 television series Push, Nevada. In February 2012, Paramount Pictures announced that Sud is writing a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion. She was formerly the marketing and distribution director for Third World Newsreel, which specializes in films by and about people of color.

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Veena Sud

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Writer

A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences.

Director

A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences.

Writer

One night Lorna hears screams for help coming from the staircase outside her apartment. She opens her door to find a girl, who has apparently been beaten, and a man.The girl claims the man tried to rape her. The man, however, claims that the girl possesses a knife which she uses to mug old people. What should Lorna do? She lets the girl into her apartment and notices that she does indeed have a knife. A game of cat-and-mouse ensues, and, before long, one of them is caught in a trap.

Director

One night Lorna hears screams for help coming from the staircase outside her apartment. She opens her door to find a girl, who has apparently been beaten, and a man.The girl claims the man tried to rape her. The man, however, claims that the girl possesses a knife which she uses to mug old people. What should Lorna do? She lets the girl into her apartment and notices that she does indeed have a knife. A game of cat-and-mouse ensues, and, before long, one of them is caught in a trap.