Swetha Regunathan
Writer / Director / Producer

Education

Filmography

Burnout
Feature film, in development
NYU Purple List, 2023
NYU Production Lab Development Studio, 2023
Before It Breaks
Documentary short
Official Selection at True/False Film Fest, 2023
Wire & Cloth
Fiction short, pre-production
Awarded a production grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Where Is Home? - Sunny Jain
Music video
Premiered in Rolling Stone India, 2021
I'll Make It Up To You - Sunny Jain
Music video
Premiered in Brooklyn Vegan, 2021
Forever Tonight
Fiction short, 2020
Official Selection on Short of the Week
Jury Prize for Best Short at South Asian FF of America
Honorable Mention Jury Prize at IFFLA
Winner of 2019 BlueCat Screenplay Competition
Showtime® Tony Cox Screenplay Competition Finalist
Sundarbans
Feature film, in development
Cine Qua Non Storylines Lab, 2020
1497 Writers Lab, 2020
Hasim October
Narrative short, 2017
Official Selection on NoBudge
Lexus Short Films Prize Shortlist
Rose
Documentary short, 2016
Dothead
Narrative short, 2015

Between Earth & Sky
Documentary short
Jury Prize at Big Sky Film Festival, 2023
Official Selection at Hot Docs, 2023
Mountainfilm Commitment Grant, 2022
BRICLab 2021-22 Film & TV Residency Program
If/Then x The Redford Center Nature Access Grant, 2021
Brown Power - Zeshan B.
Music video, 2020
Premiered on The Fader
If There Is Light
Documentary short, 2019
Premiered at 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
Streamed on Hulu
Soulmates
Feature film, 2018
Production Coordinator
Bobby Kennedy for President
2017-2018
Research Assistant & Archival Producer
Premiered at 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
Streaming on Netflix

Selected Branded Content

Work Experience

Blink Media
Senior Producer (Aug. 2020 - Aug. 2021; ongoing contract basis)
Responsibilities:
Write, produce, and direct branded content videos;
present concepts to clients; hire crew;
oversee post-production.
Clients: NPR, Washington Post, Vox Studios, OpenTable, etc.
Brown University
Instructor, English Literature and Writing (2010 - 2015)
Guernica Magazine
Assistant Editor (2007 - 2009)
Cambridge University Press
Marketing/Sales Assistant (2007-2009)

Selected Writings & Press

Articles published in Deadline, Huffington Post, BBC, n+1, Words Without Borders, Guernica Magazine.

"How Do We Process the Loss of Our Homes? A Talk with Filmmaker Swetha Regunathan"
Public Seminar, 2020
"1497 Selects Mentees For South Asian-Focused Writers Lab"
Deadline, 2020
"Social Distancing Feels A Lot Like My Immigrant Childhood"
Huffington Post, 2020
"The Women Helping Hollywood Shoot Safer Sex Scenes"
BBC, 2020
"Beyond What?"
n+1, 2014
"Modern Poetry of Pakistan"
Words Without Borders, 2011
"Mauricio Segura's Black Alley"
Words Without Borders, 2010
"Who’ll Stop The Rain?"
Guernica Magazine, 2009

Honors & Invitations

Asian American Writers' Workshop AAWW Fellowship
2020
Bard College Public Commons Talk
“Archives of the Self: Short Film as Historical Source”, 2020
IFP Marcie Bloom Fellowship in Film
2020-2021
Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant Recipient
2020
DAG “Kaleidoscope Stories” Series
Sponsored by India Center Foundation and Time Warner, 2020
Kalkars Writers Workshop
Fall season, 2018
Rhode Island Foundation Award
2015-2016, 2017-2018
Tisch School of the Arts Scholar
2015-2017
Pushcart Prize Nomination for Best American Essay
2009

Professional Affiliations