About…

Having started her career in front of the camera with roles in “Baby Boy”, “Boston Public” and the critically acclaimed “Bellyfruit”, among others, Tamara began her transition to working both sides, with her short film "Exposure". The film garnered a lot of attention when it made its debut at The Pan African Film Festival. It went on to screen at The Reel World Film Festival in Toronto, after being solicited by their programming director. "Exposure" was also nominated for a Kodak Award at the Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival and premiered in New York at the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival. Tamara also wrote, produced and directed her second short film, "Broken" starring April Lee Hernandez and Dorian Missick. She followed that effort, when she created, starred and directed, alongside partner Meagan Good, the successful web series “All That Matters”, that launched on WorldStar Hip Hop.

Tamara's feature film debut, "If Not Now, When?”, which she wrote, co-directed and co-starred in, was acquired by Vertical Entertainment, after it r premiered at American Black Film Festival. The film was nominated for the Jury Award for Best Narrative feature, Best Screenplay (for Tamara) and Best Director (shared with Meagan Good) at that festival. Other festivals include Urbanworld Film Festival, LA Femme International Film Festival, Portland Film Festival and Da Bounce Urban Film Festival in Amsterdam, among others. In addition, “If Not Now, When?”, was invited to screen in London as part of the inaugural launch of ABFF’s Global Film Series.

Most recently, Tamara has directed films for TV One (“Don’t Waste Your Pretty” and “Coins Forever”), BET+ (“Hello” and “Ruined”) and an episode of “Tales” (“Jesus Walks”) for BET. She is currently shopping television projects and films.