Tamika Lamison
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| Tamika Lamison | |
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| File:Tamika Lamison122.jpg Tamika Lamison in 2018 | |
| Born | Tamika Lamison Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| 🎓 Alma mater | American University |
| 💼 Occupation |
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| Notable work | Make a Film Foundation Last Life |
Tamika Lamison is an American actor, screenwriter, film director, Producer and humanitarian. The founder of Make a Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization which aims to fund the film wishes of young people who are facing life-threatening medical conditions by teaming them with noted film industry professionals who help them to create short films, founded in 2006.[1][2][3]
Tamika is serving as the Senior Vice President in charge of Development and Production at PhilmCo Media, a film production company with a double bottom line of art advocacy and commerce. There is a non-profit arm of the company which has helped to fund the doc films "Bourn Kind" and "Are We There Yet", which Tamika produced.[4][5][6][7]
As a content creator with Make a Film Foundation, Tamika produced over 100 shorts documentaries and 4 award-winning short narrative films, worked with notable actors and film directors including J.K. Simmons, Johnny Depp, Catherine Hardwicke and many more.[8] Tamika is known as a producer for various TV & film projects such as the Tribeca Audience Award-winning doc feature "Ferguson Rises", "Spin", "Last Life", Monogamy (TV series), and "Hope".[9][10] She has been awarded several fellowships and Awards in writing and directing films including ABC/Walt Disney Fellowship, COSBY fellowship and many more.[11]
She is also the Executive Director for the CDDP-Commercial Directors Diversity Program, which is a Diversity and Inclusion initiative created during negotiations between the Directors Guild of America(DGA) and the AICP-Association of Independent Commercial Producers that nurtures and supports historically under-represented Directors in the commercial industry via workshops, mentoring, networking, shadowing and grant funds to produce a spec commercial. Tamika built and expanded the program over the course of 5 years after helping to research and develop the Academy gold program at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[12][13]
Early life[edit]
Tamika was born in Richmond, Virginia, in the US on May 26, 1969. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Performing arts from the American University and Howard University. She later graduated from the New York Film Academy where she learned filmmaking. She also is an American Film Institute alum. She was a fellow in the American Film Institute Directing Workshop for Women.[14] [15]
Film career[edit]
Tamika's first script "The Jar by The Door" written while she was in college, became a finalist in the Sundance Film Festival labs and won several awards like the IFP Gordon Parks Indie Film Award with a prize of $10,000, which she used to move to Los Angeles after attending the York Film Academy.[1] After her first script and graduating, she moved to Los Angeles where she received fellowships from notable partners like ABC/Walt Disney, Guy Hanks and Marvin Miller (2003-2006), CBS Director's initiative.[3]
Some of Tamika’s additional credits in producing or writing and/or directing of shorts, features and documentaries include: Last Life (Rise Again), Spin (2006), Hope, The 3rd Era of Medicine, The Male Groupie (2004), and Sex &Violence or: A Brief of Simple Physics.[5][6]
In 2004, Tamika was one of the directors and DP for BET's first reality show, College Hill (2003).[7] She was a staff writer and supervising producer of three seasons of Monogamy, a 2018 released UMC streaming series that can now be seen on Amazon Prime’s ALLBLK.[9]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Actor | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2003 | The Club | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [16] |
| 2004 | Diary Of A Swing State Bus Tour | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2013 | The Real Blood Ghost | No | No | Yes | No | |
| 2017 | Sex and Violence! or: A Brief Review of Simple Physics | No | No | Yes | No | |
| 2017 | The 3rd Era of Medicine | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2018 | Last Life | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 2021 | Ferguson Rises | No | No | Yes | No |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Supervising Producer | Creator | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Monogamy (TV series) | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2003 | College Hill | Yes | No | No | No | [17] |
Short films
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Actor | Producer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Holla | No | No | No | No | |
| 2003 | Hope | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | [18] |
| 2004 | The Male Groupie | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2005 | P.N.O.K | No | No | No | Yes | [19] |
| 2005 | K(no)w De:tales | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2007 | Spin | Yes | No | No | Yes | [20] |
| 2007 | Put It in a Book | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2011 | Deep Blue Breath | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2012 | The Question | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2013 | The Magic Bracelet | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2017 | The Black Ghiandola | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2017 | Katharine of America | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2018 | Kuumba Shule | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | Bourn Kind: The Tiny Kindness Project | No | No | No | Yes |
Music video[edit]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Motherload by Angela Luna | No | No | Yes | [21] |
Awards[edit]
Directing[edit]
- Golden Bear Award-- Hope- Best Director, Global Arts Film Festival[22]
- Jury Award-- Spin-Best Short Film, Global Arts Film Festival
- Jury Award-- Hope- Best Short Film, Dances with films
- Jury Award-- Hope- Best Hope and dreams theme, Hope and Dreams Festival[23]
- Jury Award--3rd place short film, Denver World Ind. Film Festival
- American Film Institute`s Directing Workshop for women Fellowship[24]
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wissot, Lauren (2014-05-02). "Wish Granter Tamika Lamison on the Make A Film Foundation | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine | Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ↑ "Tamika Lamison". Entertainment Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "How Tamika Lamison Makes Things Happen". Maya Smart. 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ↑ Littleton, Cynthia (2021-10-08). "Industry Veterans Launch PhilmCo Production Banner to Back Movies and TV Shows With a Message". Variety. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Feld, Karina Michel (2020-11-16). "Inspirational Women In Hollywood: How Tamika Lamison Is Helping To Shake Up The Entertainment…". Authority Magazine. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Tamika Lamison Shares How Procrastination Is Part of the Screenwriting Process". No Film School. 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ↑ "Team". PhilmCo. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ↑ Cunningham, Todd (2013-08-25). "Sarah Silverman, Tom Papa Headline Make A Film Foundation Benefit". Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Tamika Lamison - Repped by Buchwald - Coverfly". writers.coverfly.com. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ↑ "Tamika Lamison". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ↑ Levine, Sydney (2017-12-08). "Spread Some Holiday Cheer: Make a Film Foundation". Medium. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ↑ Stories, Local. "Meet Tamika Lamison of Make A Film Foundation - Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide". voyagela.com. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ↑ "Diversity in Advertising 2018, Tamika Lamison - Interviews". www.adforum.com. 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ↑ "Lamison_bio". cddprogram.com. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ↑ "Richmond native returns as star of film, helping others at Richmond International Film Festival". richmondfreepress.com. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ↑ Wissot, Lauren (2014-05-02). "Wish Granter Tamika Lamison on the Make A Film Foundation | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine | Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ↑ Manager, Project (2021-04-21). "Moderator – Tamika Lamison". www.dayofblackdocs.org. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ↑ Hope de Tamika Lamison - (2003) - (in français), retrieved 2022-10-03
- ↑ tiscali.cz. "Tamika Lamison". OSOBNOSTI.cz (in čeština). Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ↑ ZonaIlmu (2022-10-03). "Tamika Lamison". Zona Belajar. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ↑ "Tamika Lamison - Director". www.makeafilmfoundation.org. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ↑ "Produced By February | March 2021 by Moon Tide Media - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ↑ Festival, Ojai Film (2021-11-03). "Diversity and Inclusion Panels -". Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ↑ Stories, Local. "Meet Tamika Lamison of Make A Film Foundation - Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide". voyagela.com. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
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