
Sikhlens Film Advisors
Satinder “Sati” Kaur
Writer · Director · U.S. Army veteran
Satinder Kaur is a writer, director, and U.S. Army veteran whose work spans independent film and television. Her recent television writing credits include Trinity (20th Television/Netflix), The Bondsman (Blumhouse/Amazon), and G.I. Joe (Paramount+).
Her short film Blood and Glory, which follows the friendship between two female veterans as they navigate PTSD and homelessness on the streets of Los Angeles, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and won the Grand Prize through the Women in Media CAMERAderie initiative. Her documentary The Last Killing, which examines police brutality in Punjab, India, received Amnesty International’s Best Human Rights Short Award.
Kaur is an alum of the Film Independent Screenwriting Lab, NBCUniversal’s GTDI Feature Writers Program, STARZ’s #TakeTheLead program, and the Veterans in Media & Entertainment mentorship program. She is also a fellow of the Writers Guild Foundation’s Veterans Writing Project and holds an MFA in Film Directing from USC.
