Artist of the Month > 2026 Artists
ARTIST PROFILE
NAME: Tash Ann
LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA
ORIGIN: Indiana, USA
ART: Filmmaker (Director/Writer/Producer)
MAIN GENRE: Drama/Comedy
TRAINING: Self-taught: 15+ years working in film/TV and commercials. No formal schooling
ARTS AFFILIATIONS: Alliance of Women Directors, The Artists Forum
BIO: Indiana native Tash Ann is an award-winning director, producer, and line producer based in Los Angeles. She has been creating short-form content since 2013 and has taught How to Make Award-Winning Short Content for Stage 32. She is best known for her highly awarded web series pilot, Abstraction, which received 23 Best Web Series/TV Pilot Awards and a Best Director Award. Most recently, her period short film, Nadine, starring Grace Caroline Currey, Tyler Posey, and Michael Bunin, has won several awards, including Best Costume Design and Best Web Series at The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image in 2025.
From 2020 to 2022, Tash worked as a Director/Producer for Icon Media, a digital commercial production company founded by Jay Shetty. During her time there, she created more than 50 pieces of content for clients including Get Loved Up by Koya Webb, Serena Loves, and The National Center for Civil and Human Rights. She has also directed branded content for companies and brands including T-Mobile, Michaels, Weight Watchers, Transformer Table, and BUILT. She is a proud member of the Alliance of Women Directors.
When she is not directing, Tash works as a producer and line producer of commercial content, with production credits for brands and properties including FANTATICS, DraftKings, Madden, Nintendo, and many others.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Premiering Nadine at Oscar Qualifying festival LA Shorts.
LATEST WORKS: Nadine and Abstraction
WORK SAMPLE: Nadine (2024)
WORK SAMPLE: Abstraction (2022)
WORK SAMPLE: Tash Ann Director’s Reel (2026)
INTERVIEW
Please describe your artistic themes
I like creating films about human dynamics, whether that is power dynamics or someone’s dynamic with their own subconscious. I like films that feel human, that live inside the main characters’ experience. I hope to be a driver of empathy, putting the audience inside situations that they might not otherwise be inside.
Please describe your creative process
I write when I have to, but I really prefer to work alongside talented writers to co-create a world to tell a story and then once we have a story, I prefer to work very collaboratively with all members of my crew and cast. I view filmmaking as a team sport and really pride myself on creating products that everyone involved can be really proud of. .
What are your artistic goals? What do you need to achieve them?
I am currently fundraising my first feature film which is an indie dramedy about grief, loneliness and finding unlikely community in strangers. That is really where all my focus is at the moment and we are actively working towards making that a reality.
What are your views on the industry?
The industry is constantly shifting and changing, and has been since it’s inception. I think it’s a lot of people’s instinct to jump ship when things get hard, but storytelling is a cornerstone of humanity and I think our industry will always hold strong and be an important part of creating human connection and humanity.
What advice would you give to emerging artists?
Make anything and everything you can. The only real way to learn in this industry is to do, and to not be afraid of failing or things going wrong, because that’s sometimes the best part of the whole process and can get you very far towards your goals. This is not a perfection business, its an effort and confidence business.
WEBSITE: tashann.com
INSTAGRAM: @iamtashann
YOUTUBE: youtube.com/@tashann4320
