About Miranda Montenegro

Miranda Montenegro is a Mexican-American filmmaker from the U.S.-Mexico border, dedicated to telling untold Latino stories through film and digital media. A former live music photographer, she was named to the 2023 "Future of Hollywood" cohort, a curated list of rising Latinx filmmakers led by John Leguizamo and Ben DeJesus. Her industry experience spans major studios including The Walt Disney Company, Lucasfilm, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. She holds a B.A. in English from UCLA and an M.F.A. in Film & Television Production from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, where she was awarded the George Lucas Family Foundation Scholarship.

Montenegro currently serves as a creative producer at mitú, where she develops original content for its Latina-focused platform, FIERCE by mitú. Her latest projects include Para Llevar, a docuseries for Relevant+; Reading the World and Mendez, et al., two feature documentaries with Maestra Productions; and You Can Do Better, a romantic comedy feature produced in association with Digital Bodega and announced exclusively by Deadline in July 2025.

She holds an adjunct faculty appointment at USC School of Cinematic Arts.