Meera Menon

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Meera Menon
Born
Park Ridge, NJ
Occupations
  • Director
  • Writer
  • Editor
Years active2009–present
RelativesVijayan Menon (film producer)

Meera Menon is an Indian–American director, writer, and editor. Her feature directorial debut,

Tribeca Film Festival in 2013 and was awarded the inaugural Nora Ephron Prize by Tribeca and Vogue.[2] She currently resides in Los Angeles.[3]

Early life

Menon‘s family is from Kerala, India. Menon cited her father Vijayan, a film producer and a founder of Tara Arts, an English cultural ambassador for South India that showcases musicals and films,[3] as her earliest inspiration for filmmaking, using his camera to shoot films at a young age with her next-door neighbour.[4] Menon says while her parents encouraged her to pursue the arts, her father advised her to look at it as a hobby.[4]

Because of this way of thinking about film, Menon did not seriously consider filmmaking as a career until she attended Columbia University, and took classes that were taught by professional filmmakers.[4] Menon received a BA in English and Art History from Columbia, but while she was there, she began directing films and discovered a passion for the craft.[4] She went on to receive an MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.[3]

Career

In 2009, Menon wrote and directed the short film Mark in Argentina, a story about a governor searching for his mistress in Argentina. However, it wasn't until Menon released her feature-length debut that she started to get a great deal of recognition from the media.

Menon's first full-length feature film, Farah Goes Bang, was described by Jennifer Mills as one that, "explores many genres: the road movie, the sexual coming of age movie, the political film, the buddy movie."[5] Menon co-wrote the film with Laura Goode, who also acted as a producer.[5] Not only did Menon win the Nora Ephron Prize for Farah Goes Bang, but the film also won awards at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and CAAMFest.[6][7]

In 2015, Menon directed the female-driven Wall Street drama Equity.[8] The film premiered in Competition at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.[9]

In 2016, Menon also wrote and directed the short film The Press Conference for

ShatterBox Anthology, a series of 12 shorts written and directed by women. The short premiered on Refinery29's website on 23 September 2016.[10]

She had also worked as a director on the TV series The Magicians for an episode in the third, and two in the fourth season.

According to

Universal Hollywood.[11]

Filmography

Year Title Directors Writers Notes
2009 Mark in Argentina Yes Yes
2013 Farah Goes Bang Yes Yes
  • Nominated – Best Director, Winter Film Awards
  • Nominated – Best Film, Winter Film Awards
  • Nominated – Best Narrative Feature, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
  • Nora Ephron Prize, Tribeca Film Festival
  • Best Feature, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
2016 Equity Yes No
The Press Conference Yes Yes

TV series

Year Title Directors Writers Notes
2017 Blood Drive Yes No 2 episodes
Fear the Walking Dead Yes No episode: "This Land Is Your Land"
2018 Titans Yes No episode: "Together"
GLOW Yes No episode: "The Good Twin"
The Man in the High Castle Yes No episode: "History Ends"
The Magicians Yes No 4 episodes
2019 The Punisher Yes No episode: "The Abyss"
The Walking Dead Yes No episode: "Bounty"
The Terror: Infamy Yes No episode: "My Perfect World"
You Yes No episode: "Farewell, My Bunny"
Outlander Yes No 2 episodes
2020 Dirty John Yes No episode: "The Turtle and the Alligator"
2021 For All Mankind Yes No 2 episodes
2022 Ms. Marvel Yes No 2 episodes
2022 Westworld (Season 4) Yes No episode: "Metanoia"

References

  1. ^ "Farah Goes Bang (2013)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. ^ Dave McNary (25 April 2013). "Meera Menon Wins Inaugural Nora Ephron Prize at Tribeca". Variety. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Filmmaker". Meera Menon. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "The Believer Logger — Girls Behind The Camera: An Interview with Meera Menon – Girls Behind The Camera: An Interview with Meera". Logger.believermag.com. 27 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. ^ a b "'Farah Goes Bang' Director Meera Menon Talks About Her Fresh Take on The Road Movie | Tribeca". Tribecafilm.com. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Farah Goes Bang (2013) Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  7. ^ Samantha Highfill (23 April 2013). "Tribeca Film Festival: Meera Menon wins Nora Ephron Prize". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  8. ^ Dave McNary (17 March 2015). "Meera Menon to Direct Female-Driven Wall Street Drama for Broad Street Pictures". Variety. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  9. ^ Chang, Justin (2 December 2015). "Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2016 Competition, Next Films". Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Meera Menon's Newest Film: The Press Conference". MSN. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  11. ^ "A DEADLY EDUCATION' NOVEL TO BECOME FANTASY FILM HELMED BY 'MS. MARVEL' ALUM MEERA MENON". Syfy. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2023. So far, there's no early word on casting or a release date for A Deadly Education's upcoming magical matriculation in theaters.

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