About Tara

Tara Jenkins is a cinematographer and writer residing in Los Angeles. She is a graduate of the 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 premiered at the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Tara spent four years as a writer and content creator for American Cinematographer magazine, where she has published over fifty articles. She is also a FAA certified drone pilot, member of ICFC, 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.