Tara Sheffer is an award-winning filmmaker from Arkansas with an MFA in filmmaking from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She has produced over twenty short films including Flounder (Clermont Ferrand Official Selection and Vimeo Staff Pick) and Plaisir (SXSW Official Selection and Searchlight Short), and she line-produced The Letter Room (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film). Tara’s directorial work includes My Dear God (New Orleans Film Festival) and has screened at Indie Memphis, Nitehawk Shorts, and the Jeff Nichols founded Arkansas Cinema Society. Her previous positions include coordinator at the Department of Motion Pictures, associate producer of development where she developed We Bought the Farm (HGTV), and assistant to Scott Rudin. Tara is a 2024 Gotham/Rotterdam Producing fellow and she participated in the 2019 Women at Sundance Strategy Intensive in New York City.
Soup to Nuts: Indie Producing Workshop
Feb. 14, 2024 | 10-10:50 am | Stanley Russ Hall 103
Lunch and Conversation
Feb. 14, 2024 | 11:30 am | Helen Christian Cafeteria
From Idea to Set to Screen: Producing Indie Films Workshop and Cookie Decorating Party
Feb 14, 2024 | 3-4 pm | Windgate Center Lobby
A Night of Short Films Produced by Tara Sheffer Films include: Flounder, Directed by Sam & David Cutler Kreutz; Threads of Desire, Directed by Bianca Di Marco; Lovetaps, Directed by Derrick Woodyard; Merci, Poppy, Directed by Hanna Gray Organschi; My Dear God, Directed by Tara Sheffer; and Plaisir, Directed by Molly Gillis. Content warning PG-13: may contain graphic, sexual, or violent content, and may not be suitable for children and other audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.
Feb. 14, 2024 | 7 pm | Stanley-Russ Hall 103