Tara Gilmore

FREELANCE PRODUCER

taragilmorefilm@gmail.com

+44 77 91 080 338

I'm a producer working in documentary film, who is always up for a new challenge anywhere in the world. Specialising in creating high-end content for Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy-winning companies, I’m an adept and passionate storyteller, with a keen visual eye and a detailed, analytical approach. Having been brought up following Tibetan Buddhism, I’m particularly interested in stories that explore the human condition, as well as social / environmental justice and human rights. I believe in film’s power to inspire and connect us, and in stories that spark our imaginations whilst shining a light on hidden worlds and forgotten truths.

Starting out in development at factual giants Raw TV and Nutopia, I went on to spend two years assisting the Oscar-winning producer Joanna Natasegara at her indie Violet Films (The White Helmets, Virunga, The Dating Game), before becoming a freelance producer.

Since then, I have story produced feature documentaries at Oscar-winning Ventureland and Emmy-winning New Black Films, and a docu-series at Oscar-winning Box to Box Films.

I am currently working with Violet Films and New Black Films, as well as shoot producing for a commercials company and on an independent short funded by the Barbican, alongside developing a slate of my own.

A keen solo traveller, I’ve spent time and have a network in Sri Lanka, India and Nepal, as well as parts of Europe and America. A history nerd who loves immersing herself in new cultures, you’ll often find me deep in a non-fiction book or tucked away at the cinema.

SKILLS

Organising shoots (UK/Abroad) - booking crew/kit/locations, complex admin (call sheets, releases, RAs, VISAs, permits, travel, sustenance)

Field producing shoots (UK/Abroad) - inc. handling high-profile talent & their teams on location, liaising between crew/locations

Securing & managing contributors - inc. sensitive access & difficult subject matter

Narrative building - working closely with the director to find & structure the story

Edit producing - working closely with the edit & director to inform the story

In-depth story research & analysis - inc. managing APs / researchers

Copywriting - writing pitches, treatments & proposals

Idea development - brainstorming & building film ideas

Complex scheduling - inc. during an Academy Award campaign (for Edge of Democracy)

Festivals & Awards submissions - inc. BAFTA, BIFA and Sundance

Budgeting - managing budget expectations, handling invoices & expenses

Handling archive - reviewing & researching material, liaising between archive team & the edit

Keen visual eye - keen photographer with basic (DSLR) self shooting

Basic Editing - on DaVinci Resolve