
Gays' Straight Makeover (Spring 2024)-- DP for short, Premiering American Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival
Trauma 4 Life (Spring 2023)-- DP for feature film in post production
I Love Nancy Meyers (Spring 2023)-- DP for short, Premiered LA Film Festival
Who Do You Believe? (Spring 2022)-- 1st/2nd AC for episodes 101-108, ABC true crime show
An Arrangement (Spring 2022)-- Gaffer & Second Unit DP for an independent feature film
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards (2021)-- DP for horror awards show on Shudder
Spokespeople (2020)-- DP, short documentary on bicycle culture in LA, available via ShortsTV
2024 Emerging Filmmakers Showcase selection at the American Pavilion at Cannes "Gays' Straight Makeover"
2023 Women in Media Altitude Awards Semifinalist
2022 Rhode Island International Film Festival Best Short Documentary "Spokespeople"
2021 First Look Award at USC for Outstanding Cinematography "Spokespeople"
2021 Audience Award Da Vinci Film Festival "Lemon Cake"
Work Details
ICFC, IASTE Local 600 AC
Tara Sanders Brooks is a cinematographer residing in Los Angeles. She is a graduate of USC School of Cinematic Arts, where she earned her MFA in Film Production. Her work on the documentary "Spokespeople" won the 2021 First Look Award at USC for Outstanding Cinematography, as well as Best Short Doc at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. Other honors include being named a 2023 Women in Media Altitude Awards Semi-Finalist and lensing the short Gays' Straight Makeover, which will premiere at the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival .
When not on set, Tara is a writer and content creator for American Cinematographer magazine, where she has published over fifty articles. She is also a FAA certified drone pilot and proud IASTE Local 600 AC. If she isn't writing about or creating films, she is taking photos of her cats with her Leica.