Tamara Shogaolu's work as a director, producer and video artist has been featured at film festivals, galleries, and museums in the US and internationally, such as the National Gallery of Indonesia, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and others. She holds an MFA from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, where she was a Burton Lewis Endowed Scholar for Directing. She was also a Fulbright Scholar in Egypt, Luce Scholar in Indonesia and an Academy Nicholls Fellowship Semifinalist, in addition to placing in other top screenwriting competitions. She is invited to participate in the highly selective IDFA Doc Lab Academy, an international program for new talents in new media storytelling. She is currently based in Amsterdam where she is Creative Director of Ado Ato Pictures, member of the virtual reality incubator VRBASE and working on a VR animated documentary that challenges Islamophobia through the intimate stories of women.
Pan African Film Festival
