Sushma Khadepaun is an Indian-born writer and director based in New York. She was listed as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film (2021), and most recently was a Fellow at the Film at Lincoln Center’s Artist Academy. Her films have played at major film festivals including Venice, Stockholm, Atlanta, Palm Springs, and others. Her work has been featured on NPR, BOMB Magazine, Focus Features Digital, France TV and Canal Plus, among others.

Sushma is currently developing her first feature film, Anita, with support from SFFilm, Sundance, Film Independent, and Gotham.

Along with her professional practice, Sushma is an Assistant Professor at Temple University. She has previously taught at Columbia, Barnard, VCU, and online at Sundance Collab.