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 "The Conjuring." Garwood is also and award-winning actor and voice over artist and has been seen in several Hollywood films, including "The Invasion" with Nicole Kidman, "My One and Only" with Renee Zellweger, and John Waters' "Cecil B. DeMented". She has also worked on many industrials and independent films, including "Women's Studies", a wonderfully campy horror movie in which she plays a homicidal psycho with a feminist agenda. Tara is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity Association.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as White House Staffer
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • as Diner Woman
A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York to Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Laney
The Lake tells the story of two sisters, each dealing in her own way with the childhood loss of their father. Claire still lives at home with Mom and spends her days on the lake in their father’s old rowboat. Laney has built her own life in the city, but when she comes back to visit, the sisters’ discoveries will dredge up the past and the secrets that bind this family together may just tear them apart.
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as Ariel Mayflower
This provocative, entertaining and utterly compelling film features a trio of tales about the way we seek, and sometimes find, meaning and purpose in our everyday lives. From a troubled artist haunted by the ghost of Vincent van Gogh to a temp worker trying to make sense of her life, these stories highlight the wonder at the heart of our existence, if only we have the eyes to see it. Screenwriter Edward B. Sherman directs this indie treat.