Meera Menon | |
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Born | Park Ridge, NJ |
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Years active | 2009–present |
Relatives | Vijayan Menon (film producer) |
Meera Menon is an Indian–American director, writer, and editor. Her feature directorial debut, Farah Goes Bang, [1] screened at the 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]
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]
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 Refinery29's 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 Syfy in 2022, Menon will direct a film based on Naomi Novik's best-selling YA fantasy A Deadly Education, in development by Mandeville Films as part of a series bought by Universal Hollywood. [11]
Year | Title | Directors | Writers | Notes |
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2009 | Mark in Argentina | Yes | Yes | |
2013 | Farah Goes Bang | Yes | Yes |
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2016 | Equity | Yes | No | |
The Press Conference | Yes | Yes |
TV series
Year | Title | Directors | Writers | Notes |
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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" |
So far, there's no early word on casting or a release date for A Deadly Education's upcoming magical matriculation in theaters.