Well-known for his work in both Bollywood and the advertising world, cinematographer Sunil Patel's career spans close to three decades. His impressive repertoire features movies like Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), Ready (2011) and Bang Bang (2014); besides a number of commercials for reputed brands like Samsung, Unilever, Sony, Motorola and Suzuki.

His debut as an independent cinematographer came with the comedy Chalo America (1999), and Sunil has since helmed the camera department in around twenty feature films. Other significant film credits include the romantic comedy Hum Tum (2004), Salaam Namaste (2005) and the psychological thriller Murder 3 (2013). His 2018 releases include the Gujarati film Back Bencher and the comedy, Happy Phir Bhag Jayegi.