Meena Singh is a cinematographer from Chicago, where she studied Film with a focus on Cinematography at Columbia College Chicago. She later received her MFA in Cinematography at the Conservatory at the American Film Institute.

Meena’s work has been celebrated at Sundance over 3 of the last 5 years, as well as many other festivals around the world. Feature films include Netflix romantic comedy Wedding Season, indie Thanksgiving movie Hollidaysburg, and Mother’s Little Helpers, which premiered at SXSW in 2019.

Most recently she lensed Showtime pilot “Seasoned” starring Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody, Jeff Orlowski-Yang’s next project that redefines the wildlife documentary, and critically acclaimed short film guts starring Angela Giarratana and Kate Burton which premiered at Sundance in 2024 (and has played over 20 others).

Meena’s early documentary experience taught her how to bend natural light quickly and to find spontaneous beauty in the moment. She employs these skills in her narrative work, honoring the script in a restrained and thoughtful manner.

Documentary credits include PBS Independent Lens’ The Tuba Thieves, which was nominated for the NEXT Innovator Award at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Netflix docuseries The Confession Tapes and additional photography for Oscar winning Twenty Feet From Stardom.

Meena is a founding member of Driftseed, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that seeks to build a better world for women and girls through education, outreach and documentary film.

She currently resides in Los Angeles and loves to travel.