Vathana Suganya Suppiah

BIOGRAPHIE

Vathana Suganya Suppiah was born in Japan, raised in Australia by Sri Lankan parents, now living in London. The multitude of cultures that she has had the privilege of being immersed in has shaped her storytelling with a strong focus on stories of cultural identity. She started her career as an editor in factual entertainment but found her flair for editing in the world of commercials, short film and music clips in Australia. Short films she has edited have been selected at numerous festivals including Underwire, LSFF and Triforce. A documentary series ‘Needles and Pins’ was awarded by Broadcast as Best Popular Factual Programme. She has 1st assisted/previs edited on features such as Down Under and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. She was awarded Bronze at the AWARD awards for her work on the Cancer Council’s I Touch Myself project and was a finalist of 2019 Papaya Young Director’ contest. She has been chosen as 1 of 20 in 2020's WFTV Mentoring Program and is herself a mentor with Screenskills championing female and diverse creatives in post. Her debut as director on her short ‘Hirani’ screened on three continents. Her writing has been shortlist by Triforce for Comedy Slam and the NYC Screenwriting Competition in which she was a finalist. Her latest script ‘Ratthum’ was a semi finalist at the Waterford Film Festival as will have its premiere at Tribeca film festival and was supported by the BFI Network in their most recent slate.

FILMOGRAPHIE