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Maria Sarasvati Herrera is a French-Mexican cinematographer born in Mexico City, known for her visually distinctive work across film and television.

Most recently, she served as cinematographer on Netflix’s adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude, shooting episodes 4, 5, and 6 of the series based on Gabriel García Márquez’s Nobel Prize–winning novel. Her work on Episode 5, “Remedios Moscote,” earned her a nomination for the AFC (French Society of Cinematographers) Les Prix Spotlight Award and was selected for the Camerimage International Film Festival’s 2025 TV Series Competition.

Her latest feature film, The Huntress, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2026, with her cinematography highlighted by major international publications including The Hollywood Reporter, American Cinematographer, and British Cinematographer.

Previously, Herrera lensed episodes 5 and 6 of Apple TV+’s Women in Blue (Las Azules) and served as second unit cinematographer across the full season. She was the sole female cinematographer on the series, which follows four women who joined Mexico’s first female police force in the 1970s.

Her television work also includes Netflix’s The Most Beautiful Flower (2022), where she shot all ten episodes of the award-winning comedy series.

Herrera’s feature work has screened internationally, including at the Guadalajara International Film Festival, where The Muleteer received the Mezcal Award and Premio Maguey. In 2020, her second feature film, Summer White, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won Best Film at the Málaga Film Festival.

Her early career includes selections at Berlinale Talents Guadalajara (2014) and Berlinale Talents Berlin (2016). In 2010, her work El vacío was nominated for a Golden Tadpole at the Camerimage International Film Festival as part of the Student Etudes Competition.

Herrera’s work is often driven by character perspective and emotional subjectivity, blending naturalism with a strong visual identity.

She is a graduate of the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, where she specialized in cinematography. She holds French citizenship and works internationally across Europe and the Americas. She is based in Mexico City and is represented by 9AMTalent in Mexico and Independent Artist Group in the United States.