Tara Aghdashloo


Tara Aghdashloo is an Iranian-Canadian writer, director, producer and curator based in London, UK. She is a published author of her poetry collection, and has worked as a print and broadcast journalist in Persian and English-language media, before transitioning to films.

Film and television

As a journalist, director, producer, Tara has worked with Channel 4 News, BBC World , Clan Productions, and Manoto Television. She wrote, directed and produced Value of Contemporary Art, Riksdag, Ticket documentary-series, and the seven-part docuseries City Map, among others. She was a founding co-host and producer on the first Persian-speaking all-woman talk show, Samte No on Manoto TV channel. Starting in 2017 she independently produced and directed on her debut feature documentary, Chiaroscuro: Capturing my Father.. In 2019, she directed the music video 'Circles' for Choubi by Yasmine Hamdan and commercials as well.

Writing

Her poetry has appear in a number of English and Persian magazines, and her poetry collection, This is Not a Pomegranate, was published by Shahrvand Publications in 2011. Her essays, articles and reviews have been published in The Guardian, REALLIFE Magazine, The New Inquiry, Tank Magazine, Autodidact Magazine, Ibraaz, Fashion Magazine, ArtRabbit, Ottawa Citizen, Future Fossil Flora Magazine, Reorient Magazine,BULLETT and among others. Tara wrote the lyrics for King Raam's debut solo album, Songs of The Wolves.

Curation

Tara co-directed and curated The Invisible Line Gallery in East London for two years and exhibited around 25 shows during that time. In 2017 she curated a retrospective of Portuguese artist Cristina Rodrigues in Castelo Branco Museum. She frequently reviews art especially by Iranian and Middle Eastern artists.