Tamara is a descendant of the Warrgamay people of coastal far north Queensland, ASSI from Vanuatu and has Swedish, German and Mongolian heritage.
She works across film/video, photography and photo media and has shot, written, directed and produced a number of short documentaries, drama and video works since 2010.
She has completed tertiary studies, in Drama, Screen and Media and has a Masters in Indigenous Social Policy.
In 2020 she was the recipient of the Inaugural Centralised Documentary Australia Foundation Fellowship and in 2024 was a member of the winning team for AACTA Regional Landscapes Pitch. She has a number of short form comedy series in development and post production.
In May 2025, Tamara was selected for the Seeding Storytellers program through Screenworks and the Australian Writers’ Guild. The program provided intensive training in note-taking, script coordinating and the basics of a writers’ room, conducted over three day-long online workshops led by industry experts Catherine Kelleher and Terence McCarthy.
