Tarik Karam

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.