SWETHA REGUNATHAN was born in India, grew up off the E train in Queens and exit 10 off the Jersey Turnpike, learned how to be queer in Mississippi, and fell asleep on a Steenbeck flatbed in Rhode Island. She now lives, writes, and makes films between NYC and DC. She received an MFA from NYU’s Graduate Film program, a PhD in English Literature from Brown University, and a B.A. in English from Columbia University. 

Swetha's short films include WIRE & CLOTH (Aspen Shortsfest ‘24 - Jury Special Mention), BEFORE IT BREAKS (True/False Film Fest '23; Nowness Asia) FOREVER TONIGHT (Short of the Week '22; South Asian Film Festival of America '22 - Jury Prize; Maryland Film Festival '21; HollyShorts '21; Indian Film Festival of LA '21) and HASIM OCTOBER (NoBudge '19, Chicago South Asian FF '18). She has received awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, South Asian Film Festival of America, the Peter S. Reed Foundation, and the BlueCat Screenplay Competition and was a finalist for the SHOWTIME® Tony Cox Screenplay Contest (2019) and on the shortlist for a Lexus Short Films award (2017). Her feature-length film, BURNOUT (in dev) was selected for the 2023 NYU Purple List and the 2023 NYU Production Lab Development Studio. Another feature, SUNDARBANS (in dev) was selected for the 2020 Cine Qua Non Storylines Lab and the inaugural 1497 South Asian Writers Lab. She was also 2020-21 Gotham (IFP) Marcie Bloom Fellow.

Swetha produced BETWEEN EARTH & SKY, which was shortlisted for a 2023 Academy Award - Best Documentary short, and IF THERE IS LIGHT (Tribeca Film Festival '19; Le Cinema Club '19; Hulu) and also directed music videos for artist Sunny Jain, which premiered on Brooklyn Vegan and Rolling Stone India. She's also directed and produced branded video for clients like Vox, WaPo, Delta x NBC, OpenTable and NPR. Her writing has appeared in Huffington Post, n+1, Guernica, and other publications. In 2009 she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for Best American Essay. 

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