{{Short description|Canadian television writer and producer}} {{distinguish|Veena Sood}} {{Infobox person | name = Veena Sud | image = | caption = | birth_date = 1967 | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | alma_mater = Barnard College<br>New York University | occupation = Television writer, director, producer | spouse = | children = 1 }}
'''Veena Cabreros-Sud''' (pronounced "Sood")<ref name="cincinnati.com2014">{{cite news|last=Kiesewetter|first=John|date=May 21, 2014|title=TV producer Veena Sud returns to Country Day for speech|newspaper=Cincinnati.com|url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/tvandmediablog/2014/05/21/veena-sud-the-killing-amc-cbs-cold-case-alfred-hitchcock/9367857|access-date=November 15, 2014}}</ref> 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 Toronto<ref>[http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/01/killing-details-from-showrunner-veena.html The Killing – Details from Showrunner Veena Sud ], spoilertv.com, February 16, 2012.</ref> to Mohendra Sud, a physician born in India,<ref name="cincinnati.com2014" /> and Jessica Cabreros, a nurse born and raised in the Philippines.
She grew up in Indian Hill, Ohio,<ref name="cincinnati.com2014"/> a suburb near Cincinnati, Ohio.<ref name="globeandmail2011">{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/why-the-killings-veena-sud-is-drawn-to-darkness/article4192547/ |title=Why The Killing's Veena Sud is drawn to darkness |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=June 15, 2011 |first=Marsha |last=Lederman |access-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/magazine/veena-sud-the-killing-comeback.html?pagewanted=all |title=Can 'The Killing' Make a Comeback? |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 14, 2012 |first=Adam |last=Sternbergh |access-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Sawnet">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050429041347/http://www.sawnet.org/cinema/?Cabreros-Sud+Veena Veena Cabreros-Sud], sawnet.org, February 16, 2012.</ref> Sud graduated from Cincinnati Country Day School and attended Barnard College, where she studied political science and women's studies.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/veena-sud-247363|title=Top 50 Power Showrunners 2011|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 12, 2011|first=Tim|last=Appelo|access-date=November 15, 2014}}</ref><ref name="barnard2012">{{cite web|url=http://barnard.edu/news/salon-creator-tv-dramas-delves-dark-side|title=The Salon: Creator of TV Dramas Delves into the Dark Side|publisher=Barnard College|date=December 14, 2012|first=Jennifer|last=Altmann|access-date=November 15, 2014|archive-date=November 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129045156/http://barnard.edu/news/salon-creator-tv-dramas-delves-dark-side|url-status=dead}}</ref> She served as university senator.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19871013-01.2.2# |title=Barnard SGA sends note of disapproval to school|newspaper=Columbia Daily Spectator|date=October 13, 1987|first=Melissa|last=Michelson|access-date=November 15, 2014}}</ref>
After graduating from Barnard, she spent several years working as a journalist at Pacifica Radio and at the media-watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.<ref name="barnard2012"/> When she was 28, she enrolled at New York University's film school and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Film and Television program.<ref name="barnard2012"/>
==Career== After graduation, Sud directed MTV's ''The Real World'' before moving to Los Angeles, where she was hired as an episode writer for the short-lived 2002 television series ''Push, Nevada''.<ref name="barnard2012"/> Shortly afterwards, Sud was hired as a writer for the CBS police drama ''Cold Case''. After three seasons, she was promoted to executive producer, a role she served for the show's fourth and fifth seasons.<ref name="barnard2012"/>
Sud went on to develop ''The Killing,'' a crime drama based on a popular Danish series. Running from 2011 to 2014 and four seasons, the series earned her an Emmy nomination and a Writers Guild of America award nomination.<ref name="Emmy">[http://www.emmys.com/nominations/2011/Outstanding%20Writing%20for%20a%20Drama%20Series 2012 Emmy Awards], emmys.com, February 16, 2012.</ref><ref name="WGA">{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4779|title=2012 Writers Guild Awards Television, News, Radio, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced|website=wga.org|access-date=February 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165809/http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4779|archive-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
In 2018, Sud developed the limited series ''Seven Seconds'', a Netflix crime drama inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, and starring Regina King. The same year, Regina King won the Emmy<ref name="Emmy2">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/regina-wins-emmy-best-actress-limited-series-seven-seconds-1202465623|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918044506/https://deadline.com/2018/09/regina-wins-emmy-best-actress-limited-series-seven-seconds-1202465623/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 18, 2018|title=Regina King Lands Her Third Emmy; Portrays Mom Whose Son Is Killed By Police|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 17, 2018|last=Petski|first=Denise|access-date=September 25, 2022}}</ref> for lead actress in a limited series for her performance in ''Seven Seconds.''
In 2020, Sud developed ''The Stranger'', a Quibi horror web series about a rideshare driver who is terrorized by her sociopathic passenger.
Sud was formerly the marketing and distribution director for Third World Newsreel, which specializes in films by and about people of color.<ref name="Sawnet"/>
==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) *''Cold Case'' (2003–2008) (writer, story editor, executive producer) *''Push, Nevada'' (2002) (episode writer) *''Sorority Life'' (2002) (season three director) *''The Real World'' (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 San Francisco International Film Festival Certificate of Merit in Film & Video - Short Narrative
===''The Killing'' === * Nominated for Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series<ref name="Emmy"/> * Nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for New Series<ref name="WGA"/>
===''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== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0127894}}
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