[custom_adv] Tara Aghdashloo (born 5 January 1988) is a writer, director, producer and curator based in London. She is a published author of her poetry collection, and has worked as a print and broadcast journalist in Persian and English-language media, before transitioning to films. [custom_adv] Tara Aghdashloo was born 5 January 1988, to architect Firouzeh "Fay" Athari and painter Aydin Aghdashloo. When she was in high school her family moved to Toronto, Canada. [custom_adv] As a journalist, director, producer, Tara has worked with Channel 4 News,and BBC World. [custom_adv] She wrote, directed and produced Value of Contemporary Art, Riksdag, Ticket documentary-series, and the seven-part docuseries City Map, among others. She was a founding co-host and producer on the first Persian-speaking all-woman talk show, Samte No on Manoto TV channel. [custom_adv] Starting in 2017 she independently produced and directed on her debut feature documentary, Chiaroscuro: Capturing my Father. In 2019, she directed the music video 'Circles' for Choubi by Yasmine Hamdan and commercial as well. [custom_adv] Her poetry has appear in English language and Persian magazines, and her poetry collection, This is Not a Pomegranate, was published by Shahrvand Publications in 2011.