Veena Sud

Veena Cabreros-Sud (pronounced "Sood") is a Canadian-born American television writer, director, and producer. She is best known for developing the American television drama The Killing, which is based on the Danish series Forbrydelsen (The Crime). Early life and education Sud was born in Toronto to Mohendra Sud, a physician born in India, and Jessica Cabreros, a nurse born and raised in the Philippines. She grew up in Indian Hill, Ohio, a suburb near Cincinnati, Ohio. Sud graduated from Cincinnati Country Day School and attended Barnard College where she studied political science and women's studies and served as university senator. 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. 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 at NYU.