Frederic Menou is a 3 time Emmy winning Director of Photography who creates unique looks for TV series, commercials and films. He is sought after for his visual storytelling mastery, his leadership and his compassion for people of all walks of life. Fred has traveled and shot in more than 100 countries. He has filmed with Bourdain and Beyoncé, drug lords in Colombia and monks in Thailand, sicarios in Mexico and sharks in Florida, Christiane Amanpour in Berlin and David Lynch in Hollywood, penguins in Antarctica and rappers in Atlanta, Michelin star chefs in California and coal miners in Montana, prostitutes in Japan and bare knuckle fighters in Alabama. Sadly, he has not yet met Edmond Dantes in Marseille, nor Sal Paradise on Route 66.

After working for 3 years on Parts Unknown with Anthony Bourdain, Fred has been filming TRAFFICKED with Mariana Van Zeller for National Geographic for 5 seasons. The cinematic look he created and applied across 40 episodes, has earned him 2 Emmy award wins and 5 nominations.

Fred grew up in France, played college tennis on a full scholarship in the US and earned a BFA in Film from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. 

Over the last 25 years, Fred has been relishing at the privilege to create, work, share meals and ideas with talented filmmakers eager to tell important stories; eager to see what is behind that next mountain on the horizon.

Fred is fluent in French and English… almost there in Spanish.