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Tara Parian is a queer, Los Angeles-based writer/director originally from the wilderness of New Hampshire. For the past ten years she was a staple on the BuzzFeed Studios branded content team. Starting as a copywriter and working her way up to in-house director, she wrote and directed hundreds of pieces of content during her time there.
Tara has directed everything from short scripted comedies to celebrity press junket videos and award winning short documentary pieces. She’s been honored with a Best in Show Advertising Award and is a Webby Award Honoree. Tara is a fellow of the prestigious Ryan Murphy HALF Directing Initiative where she shadowed an episode of 9-1-1 Lonestar on FOX. Prior to that she was accepted into the Alliance of Women Directors Shadow Program, the Women in Film Mentorship Program and multiple Sundance Directing Initiatives.
branded content
THIS FAMILY IS PRESERVING THEIR TRIBE’S NATIVE LANGUAGE / SPONSORED BY ZELLE
How RESCUE DOGS SAVE VETERANS / SPONSORED BY PURINA
THE TINY TACO EATING CONTEST / SPONSORED BY JACK IN THE BOX
What's in the Box: horror edition (Starring Mackenzie Davis) / Sponsored by universal’s ‘the turning’
A CAT’S EYE VIEW / sponsored by sheba
WHEN YOU can’t leave the house / sponsored by cox communications
original content
MORTIFICATION
unique flaw starter kit
Directing Reel
PRODUCING
STAND UP AND EAT
This three season web series features up-and-coming comedians to find out what they eat over the sink when no one's watching. It received attention from a variety of publications including Bust Magazine and was featured in the LA Comedy Film Festival. Comedians included Emily Tarver, Matteo Lane and Jacqueline Novak.
BEAN BIN PRODUCTIONS
Bean Bin Productions is a sketch comedy group made up of five talented women. Tara directed, produced, wrote and starred in an array of videos, some of which were featured on Above Average.
Before BuzzFeed, Tara was associate producing for Bravo's The Real Housewives of Miami, Married to Medicine, and MTV's MADE.
WRITING
Tara writes all kinds of content, including feature screenplays, narrative shorts, essays, sketch comedies, commercial parodies and branded content. Here is a small selection:
Off I Go: A personal note when she left NYC.
The Perks Of Dating Myself: It's really nice.
The Mustached Murderers: A story about her childhood.