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Tarik Karam

Director / Screenwriter

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Work by Tarik

Videos

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Wall Street Journal x Sotheby's
Johnson & Johnson "Teenagers"
Promo for What They Left Behind documentary
Second unit directing for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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Skills


  • Animation
  • Beauty
  • Children
  • Cinematic
  • Coming of Age
  • Crime
  • Dance
  • Documentary
  • Drama
  • Family
  • Magical Realism
  • Narrative
  • Nature
  • Sports
  • Thriller
  • Visual Storytelling

Format


  • Branded Content
  • Commercial
  • Episodic
  • Feature
  • Film
  • Music/Music Video
  • Short
  • TV

Union Affiliation


Links


  • Website

Location


  • USA

Language(s)


  • Arabic
  • English

Contact Information


Production Company

Identity
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Type: TV, Film, Legal

Bianca Grimshaw

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Biography


TARIK KARAM is an Arab-American filmmaker based in New York. After graduating from the American Film Institute, he worked side by side with director Stephen Daldry, co-producing and Second Unit directing the Oscar nominated films Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and The Reader. ​ Since then, his short films have premiered at festivals such as Tribeca and Clermont-Ferrand while also being Vimeo Staff Picks. For Netflix, he has directed a 30-minute award winning gun violence documentary as well as several episodes of a new racing documentary series in partnership with Condé Nast Entertainment. ​ On the commercial front, Tarik has directed content for The New York Times, Johnson & Johnson, P&G, Fiat, and McDonald’s. His work has won Clio, D&AD, and One Show awards. ​ A few years ago, Tarik produced The House of Tomorrow starring Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, and Asa Butterfield. ​ Tarik’s screenplays have been selected for Sundance’s Producing Lab, Film Independent’s Screenwriting Lab, awarded as quarter-finalist in the prestigious Nicholl Fellowships, and finalist in American Zoetrope’s Screenplay Competition.