Chris Tasara
- Director
- Writer
- Composer
Chris Tasara is a West Coast-based writer, director, and musician. His love for filmmaking took him to the University of Miami where he earned his Masters Degree in Film. Soon after he graduated he made the move to Los Angeles where he began his career.
Chris wrote, directed and scored a boxing documentary called Fortitude and Glory spotlighting the late great boxing guru Angelo Dundee. Fortitude features interviews with Angelo, two-time heavyweight champion George Foreman and world renowned trainer Freddie Roach.
Chris's film Deadline, a supernatural crime thriller he wrote, directed and scored, aired on video on demand in the spring of 2013 and hit the foreign market in the spring of 2014. Deadline also netted him fifteen awards from the California Film Awards, the Los Angeles Movie Awards, and the Lucerne International Film Festival, among others.
In 2012 Chris's music was featured on the Nickelodeon show Victorious with Victoria Justice
Chris's passion for fighting led him to write his next screenplay, Warrior Spirit, which goes deep inside the boxing world thru a heart-wrenching story of a father-daughter relationship. Chris pays homage to classic boxing movies, channeling spirit, grit and perseverance. Warrior Spirit won Best Feature Script from the 2020 Vegas Movie Awards, an Honorable Mention from the 2019 Los Angeles Film Awards, and Best Screenplay Feature from the 2020 Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival.
Chris's You Tube series Dopamine, encompassing entertainment, music, sports, and money debuted in October of 2020 and featured UFC star Dustin Poirier as the first guest.
Chris wrote, directed and scored a boxing documentary called Fortitude and Glory spotlighting the late great boxing guru Angelo Dundee. Fortitude features interviews with Angelo, two-time heavyweight champion George Foreman and world renowned trainer Freddie Roach.
Chris's film Deadline, a supernatural crime thriller he wrote, directed and scored, aired on video on demand in the spring of 2013 and hit the foreign market in the spring of 2014. Deadline also netted him fifteen awards from the California Film Awards, the Los Angeles Movie Awards, and the Lucerne International Film Festival, among others.
In 2012 Chris's music was featured on the Nickelodeon show Victorious with Victoria Justice
Chris's passion for fighting led him to write his next screenplay, Warrior Spirit, which goes deep inside the boxing world thru a heart-wrenching story of a father-daughter relationship. Chris pays homage to classic boxing movies, channeling spirit, grit and perseverance. Warrior Spirit won Best Feature Script from the 2020 Vegas Movie Awards, an Honorable Mention from the 2019 Los Angeles Film Awards, and Best Screenplay Feature from the 2020 Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival.
Chris's You Tube series Dopamine, encompassing entertainment, music, sports, and money debuted in October of 2020 and featured UFC star Dustin Poirier as the first guest.
