Tamara attended the Los Angeles Film School, where she directed, The Last Goodbye. A dramatic short film about a father who is losing his wife to cancer and has to break the news to his daughter. Tamara debuted her film at the graduation ceremony in 2009 and graduated with honors.

After film school, she has been directing, producing and writing films such as Mission Terrorist Cell and Married Life. Tamara has also worked in the theater world, where she directed a full-length adaptation of the play Proof. The play ran for four weeks at the Next Stage Theater in Hollywood. She is currently in post-production for her first feature length documentary entitled, Hollywood and Vine that is about the history of Hollywood and Vine and its cultural relevance, to be aired on PBS. She recently finished a romantic comedy entitled Lazy Dreamers. She is currently in post production for a thriller called "Picasso Killer" staring Jennie Pacelli and Greg Martin.

Originally from Los Angeles, California, she now resides in Amsterdam, Netherlands