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, 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]

Early life[edit]

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[edit]

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]

Filmography[edit]

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[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]

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