Lakshmi Sundaram is an American screenwriter, director, and producer.
Born in Brooklyn,[1] Sundaram studied writing at Columbia University.[2] She also received an MFA in Film from Columbia University's School of the Arts.[3]
Sundaram's first writing credit was for the NBC musical drama television series Smash, co-writing the episode "Tech" with Jason Grote.[4] She would join the writing staff for Brooklyn Nine-Nine,[1] writing for them from 2013 to 2016, and in 2018, as part of the crew for Master of None, she would receive a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series.[5] Several of the television shows she has worked on have won Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Writers Guild of America Awards, and garnered great critical acclaim. Sundaram wrote the episode "Protect Ya Neck" in season 2 of the Hulu series Wu-Tang: An American Saga.[2] The episode received critical and commercial praise, and remains the show's highest rated episode. [6]
Lakshmi Sundaram is the namesake and great-granddaughter of Muthulakshmi Reddy, an Indian pioneer of civil rights,[7] the first woman to sit as Vice President on any legislature in the world,[8] and peer of Mahatma Gandhi and Annie Besant. Sundaram's other relatives include the Indian actors Gemini Ganesan and Rekha.
In 2021, Sundaram's accomplishments were profiled by Vogue India, receiving the cover of the magazine's culture section.[9]
References
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- ^ a b "6 women of the South Asian origin talk about scriptwriting in Hollywood". Vogue India. June 15, 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Malia Scotch Marmo - American screenwriter and teacher | WikiZ". Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- ^ Eichel, Molly (November 20, 2013). "Brooklyn Nine-Nine: "Sal's Pizza"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "WGA Awards 2018: 'Get Out' and 'Call Me by Your Name' win screenplay awards". Los Angeles Times. February 12, 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Wu-Tang: An American Saga" Protect Ya Neck (TV Episode 2021) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-09-25
- ^ "Muthulakshmi Reddi's 133rd Birthday". www.google.com. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- ^ Malapur, Rashmi (2016-06-22). "Indian Women Owe To A Rebel Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy". The Naked Truth. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "6 women of the South Asian origin talk about scriptwriting in Hollywood". Vogue India. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2022-09-25.