Background
Satya Hegde was born on 17 May 1975 to a Brahmin family of Parameshwar Hegde and Savithri in Haliyal, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka.
Satya Hegde was born on 17 May 1975 to a Brahmin family of Parameshwar Hegde and Savithri in Haliyal, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka.
He completed his schooling from Carmel High School, Haliyal in 1989.
He made his debut with Taali Kattuva Shubhavele in 2002. Following this, he worked in over 20 films and received critical praise for his work in Duniya (2007) and Myna (2013). Following this, he was sent to Sanduru to complete his Pre-university course by his father who then wanted him to pursue a career in Computer science.
Having decided to choose cinematography as the subject specialization at the Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic, Bangalore, Hegde obtained the diploma in cinematography in 1995.
Hegde began his career as a cinematographer assisting B. C. Gowrishankar, a popular cinematographer of the time. He also worked with P. Rajan, H. C. Venu, P. K. H. Das, Surendranath Begur and Krishna.
During the time, he worked in making corporate videos, documentary films, television advertisements and in soap operas such as Ankura and Swarnarekhe. He worked as a camera operator and an assistant cinematographer in the Kannada language films Sparsha (2000), Parva (2002) and H2O. In the same year, he started out as an independent cinematographer in films with the film Taali Kattuva Shubhavele.
He then worked in the 2005 releases Yashwanth and Masala, both of which failed to perform commercially.
He then worked in Gajakesari (2014) collaborating with Krishna, a cinematographer himself, as the director He received praise for his work in Rhaatee, with critics calling it a "visual poetry". lieutenant involved frames of Bangalore and Muthathi forest.