Sudeshna Sen grew up in India and Japan before moving to the United States for graduate school. In 2018, Sudeshna's short film Mehndi premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), and brought together LGBTQIA+ and South Asian audiences all over the country, including at Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival, WickedQueer Boston's LGBTQ+ Film Festival, New York Indian Film Festival, Vancouver South Asian Film Festival and Chicago South Asian Film Festival among others. Her previous directing credits include Julia's Farm (2015), Turret Syndrome (2016), and Urban Street Gallery (2016). Her debut feature film Anu (2022) is an adaptation of Anjali Banerjee's novel Looking For Bapu. Sudeshna describes herself as a filmmaker of quiet moments, interludes of meaning and emotion that are unforgettable to those immersed in them, and unknowable to others.

In 2022, Sudeshna Sen was awarded with the CityArtist grant by the City of Seattle's Office of Arts and Culture. Previously she was a nominee for the inaugural Of A Certain Age grant, created in honor of filmmaker Lynn Shelton. An Indian American filmmaker, Sudeshna grew up in India and Japan before moving to the United States for graduate school. Sudeshna is a member of Alliance of Women Directors, Women in Film and serves on the board of Northwest Film Forum. She holds a doctorate in Japanese literature and visual culture from the University of Oregon.

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