2025 Annual Convening Speakers

Sundeep Morrison (they/them) is an award-winning queer, non-binary, Panjabi Sikh, Canadian actor, writer, and director. Recently, Sundeep starred in the Oscar-qualifying short film FLIGHT 182, written and directed by Rippin Sindher and executive produced by former Academy President Janet Yang and Emmy winner Archie Panjabi. They were recognized as an emerging Indian filmmaker during the world premiere of their short film Your Love at the KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. Sundeep also received the award for Best Drama at United Solo in New York for their solo show RAG HEAD An American Story. A recipient of the Disruptors TV Writing Fellowship, they were proud to be part of the Trans and Non-Binary cohort. A graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, their work focuses on themes of social justice, sexuality, and gender. As a child of Punjabi Sikh immigrants, Sundeep is dedicated to storytelling that explores the beautiful and, at times, painful complexities of growing up with deep Eastern roots in a Western world.