Tamara Stratton
Screenwriter
"Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight."
― Ursula K. Le Guin
- 2024 Native American Media Alliance TV Writer's Lab Fellow
- 2024 Recipient of the Native American Writer's Accelerator Grant
- 2024 Big Break Screenwriting Competition Quarter-Finalist
RECENT UPDATES
March 6th Update - The pilot script for "The Phoenix" has advanced to the second round selections for the International Screenwriters Association Fast Track Fellowship!
Bio
Tamara is a fellow at The Native American Media Alliance and participated in the 9th Annual Native American TV Writer's Lab (2024). Her pilot, "The Phoenix" had a table read in November 2023 at the Friday Readers Club in Chicago and was a Quarterfinalist at the Big Break Competition in 2024. She is a member of The Engine Writer's Workshop, a weekly Los Angeles based writing group. She has completed two more pilots, a feature, and a short this year. Tamara is a proud member of the Osage Nation. She has a BA and MA in Drama, currently resides in Los Angeles and is looking for representation.
Television
Genre: Sci-fi / Horror
Format: 1 Hour Episodes
When Native American archaeologist Kiana Ponca arrives on the reservation for a final survey of land being cleared for a tribal casino, she discovers an impossible colonial house has suddenly appeared at the site, formed from a single extinct tree. In the wake of this discovery, as military occupation threatens to tear the reservation apart, Kiana is forced to join a team of government scientists and military personnel with competing agendas to uncover the structure's true purpose before an ancient force is unleashed.
After her husband's attempt to destroy the wedding ring from her previous marriage triggers an explosion that kills him and obliterates their home, a practical former teacher—now haunted by either his ghost or her imagination—has no choice but to lead her two damaged adult children, eight-year-old grandson, and a Shih Tzu named Lord Byron to their only remaining option: an accidental commune run by her free-spirited and perpetually unreachable third child, where finding healing means making a home among failed cult leaders, elderly psychics, and nudist mechanics.
Genre: Dramedy
Format: 1 Hour Episodes
A century ago, The Black City was created by The Architect for the ultra-wealthy as a haven from terrorists, plagues, and climate change. Their descendants spend their lives engaged in an artificial network and are cared for by the City’s AI. Zarai escapes the artifice of the Black City to discover a fractured world populated by people who thrive in spite of the city’s oppression. Zarai, however, has within her DNA, the key to destroying the city and must decide how and if she will use it.
Genre: Dystopian Sci-fi
Format: 1 Hour Episodes
A dedicated child support caseworker in small-town Oklahoma must navigate workplace chaos, eccentric colleagues, and brawling clients while trying to keep her good for nothing ex-husband from derailing both her personal and professional life.
Genre: Comedy
Format: 30 Minute Episodes
