Sushma Khadepaun is an Indian-born writer and director based in New York City. Sushma’s stories often meet at the intersection of immigration and feminism, exploring ideas of home and identity.

Sushma 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 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.

Along with her practice, Sushma is an Assistant Professor at Temple University where she teaches Screenwriting. She has previously taught at Columbia, Barnard, VCU and at the Sundance Collab.

Sushma is currently developing her first feature film, Anita, with support from SFFilm, Sundance, Film Independent, and Gotham. She is an alumna of the Film MFA Program at Columbia University.