About
Sehaj Sethi is an Indian American screenwriter and producer. She is currently developing and executive producing AVATAR: SEVEN HAVENS for Nickelodeon.
Previously Sehaj wrote on the CW shows THE WINCHESTERS and TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES and worked as a writer at Luma Pictures, focusing on sci-fi feature projects. She is partnered with I Can & I Will Productions on her TV series BAD BETIS, produced by Gina Rodriguez, and is in development on her feature EVERYTHING IS FINE, produced by Antonio Campos. Her feature THE SIX AT MIDNIGHT is currently in development with Ace Entertainment.
Sehaj has been awarded fellowships by Almanack Screenwriters, the Anderson Center, and the New Orleans Writers Residency.
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She is represented by Corrine Aquino at Artists First and Lauren Szurgot, Matt Balick, and Nikki Montazaran at WME.
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Education
2008 - 2014 New York University, MFA Film
2004 - 2008 Illinois Wesleyan University, BA English
Grants & Awards
2021 - The Anderson Center (Fellow)
2020 - Almanack Screenwriters (Fellow)
2019 - New Orleans Writers' Residency (Fellow)
2017 - The Athena List (Finalist)
2015 - First Run Film Festival (Production Design Award)
2015 - Hollywood Foreign Press (Grant Recipient)
2012 - NYU Purple List (Recipient)
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Exhibitions & Festivals
2015 - Fargo Fantastic Film Fest (Dark and Light Leo)
2015 - Another Hole in the Head Fest (Dark and Light Leo)
2012 - Female Eye Film Fest (My Husband's Corpse)
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