---
name: "Sumerah Srivastav"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sumerah-srivastav"
fi1m_id: "sumerah-srivastav"
imdb_id: "nm1057795"
tmdb_id: 3161599
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T19:21:20.614985+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sumerah Srivastav

## Identity

Sumerah Srivastav

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sumerah-srivastav
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sumerah-srivastav
- **IMDb ID:** nm1057795
- **TMDB ID:** 3161599
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1057795/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3161599

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1057795/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3161599

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Lupin*](https://film.one/tv/lupin.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sumerah Srivastav is a British screenwriter and playwright. She has written episodes for series including *Lupin* (2021), on which she was co-writer of one episode, *Manifest* (2022–2023), *Missing You* (2025), *Curfew* (2024), *Colosseum* (2022), *The Good Karma Hospital* (2022), *Casualty* (2019) and *EastEnders* (2016–2018).

Before turning to writing she won an MBA scholarship at Cass Business School, ran a London radio station and advised government. As a playwright she has participated in programmes at the Royal Court and the Criterion Theatre. She is co-chair of the Equalities and Diversity committee at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain and has taught screenwriting at MetFilm School and the National Film and Television School.

*Sources: imdb.com, kitsonpress.co.uk, pace.cam.ac.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lupin* (2021), Fi1m 73, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/lupin.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Split Up* (2026), series, Writer
- *Missing You* (2025), series, Writer
- *Curfew* (2024), series, Writer
- *Lupin* (2021), series, Screenplay — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/lupin.md)
- *Origami* (2019), Writer
- *Manifest* (2018), series, Writer

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