Tara Garwood

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

-

Place of Birth

Washington, D.C.

Tara Garwood

Biography

Tara Garwood (she/her) is an award-winning filmmaker, and owner of Tarakata Films. She specializes in telling women's stories through the lens of horror. Garwood's background as an actor and former horror theatre Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director informs her work as a director, writer, and producer. Garwood's short films "Lonely," "The Lake," and "The Strangle of Ivy" have appeared in several festivals, with "The Lake" and "The Strangle of Ivy" receiving awards for independent short, directing, acting, and more. She won the Hayes Horror Workshop competition and is being mentored on her first feature film by the Hayes Brothers, writers of "...

Acting

2010

2009

My One and Only

as Diner Woman

2013

The Lake

as Laney

Production

2013

The Lake

as Writer

2013

The Lake

as Director

2013

The Lake

as Producer

2013

The Lake

as Editor

2014

Uke & Trust Me

as Assistant Director

2014

Uke & Trust Me

as Camera Operator

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