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Tara Parian is a queer Los Angeles-based director originally from New Hampshire. She has directed over 50 pieces of branded content for BuzzFeed, where her projects range from award-winning docu-shorts to scripted comedy videos for just about every brand under the sun.
In addition to being an Honoree for the prestigious Webby Awards, she’s also an active member of the Alliance of Women Directors and Women in Film, and a fellow of the Ryan Murphy HALF Directing Initiative.
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
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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.