At min(d) studio, we set out to create a space to support impactful global stories with characters that go unseen. Stories that enable us to reconnect, that invoke compassion, and expand our understanding of global culture.

the team

  • Maya S. Patel

    Maya is a producer based out of Mumbai and Los Angeles. She most recently worked on The Price of Free – an Emmy-nominated film based on the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi and his fight to end child slavery. The film won top honors in 2018 with the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. In 2021, Maya workshopped one of min(d) studio’s projects, The Violet Hour, at the Sundance Collab: Film Producing, Core Elements course.

    Maya has been associated with the development and production of award-winning films and campaigns including Netflix’s Bikram, Showtime’s The Kingmaker and Nike’s Da Da Ding. She has worked with and been mentored by Academy-Award winning directors such as Davis Guggenheim, Smriti Mundhra, Lauren Greenfield, and Eva Orner.

  • Dev Benegal

    Dev Benegal is considered the pioneer of the next generation of Indian cinema. His first feature film, English, August, is acknowledged as a landmark film in contemporary Indian cinema. It won India’s highest award in cinema, was selected at MoMA’s New Director’s New Films and was the first Indian acquisition of 20th Century Fox. His second feature Split Wide Open also distributed by Fox premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and won multiple awards during its festival run.

    His feature Road, Movie, was an official selection at Atelier du Cannes. It was the opening night film at the Berlin Film Festival (Generation Plus) and was one of the first features to be distributed in the US by Robert De Niro & Jane Rosenthal’s Tribeca Films.

    He has produced over 60 short narrative films in his pioneering production program, 24×7 Making Movies. Dev is also a longtime advisor to the eQuinoxe Europe screenwriting workshop for film professionals. Their latest projects have been realized as several countries’ official submissions to the Oscars 2021.

  • Neeraj Jain

    Neeraj Jain is an Indian American cinematographer and producer based out of Los Angeles and New York. He has shot projects in both the United States and India. During his time at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, he earned the Faculty Commendation in Cinematography. He has also been mentored by cinematographers such as Rodrigo Prieto A.S.C., Tom Houghton A.S.C., and Ben Kutchins.

    His first feature film The Sound of The Wind (2020) released with many critics praising the cinematography of the film. Most recently, he shot the second season of Zoya Akhtar’s Made in Heaven (2022) for Amazon Prime.