Sushma Khadepaun is an Indian-born writer and director based in New York City. Her stories often explore themes of immigration, home, and identity. Sushma is an NYFA/NYSCA Screenwriting Fellow, was a Screenwriting Resident at Yaddo in 2024, a Fellow at the Film at Lincoln Center’s Artist Academy in 2023, and was listed as one of Filmmaker Magazine‘s 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2021. Her films have screened at major film festivals including Venice, Stockholm, Atlanta, Dublin, POFF Tallinn Shorts, Palm Springs, and others. Her work has been featured on NPR, BOMB Magazine, Focus Features Digital, and Canal Plus, among others. Sushma is an alumna of the Film MFA program at Columbia University.

Along with her filmmaking practice, Sushma is an Assistant Professor in Film at Temple university. She has previously taught at Columbia. Barnard, VCU and the Sundance Collab.