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Biography
Tasha Oldham was born and raised outside of Salt Lake City in the small mining town of Magna, Utah. Tasha grew up with a great love of the theater, directing and acting in numerous plays and musicals. At 18, she left Magna for Los Angeles to attend UCLA. Later she continued her studies at UC San Diego, where she worked at Channel 35 as a multi-camera television director and producer. There she was selected to participate in the prestigious Directors Training Program through the Television Academy. She began her film career working on David Lynch's Lost Highway. She went on to work in development at Columbia/Tri-Star Pictures. Developing an appetite for production, Oldham became a script supervisor, working on various feature films, television movies, and series. She has worked with such directors as Wim Wenders, Peter Baldwin and Gurinder Chadha.
Oldham's directorial debut, The Smith Family, wowed the independent film community. Launching the 15th season of POV, PBS's award winning showcase of non-fiction films. The film screened in film festivals all around the world, winning the 2002 AFI Film Festival's Audience Award and the prestigious Columbia/Alfred I duPont Award. Most impressively, The Smith Family won Oldham the coveted Director's Guild of America Award. She was also nominated for an Emmy Award.
Oldham was selected by Filmmaker Magazine as the #1 Face of 25 Hot New Faces to Watch in Independent Film and was also featured in MovieMaker Magazine in the cover story Fiercely Independent Women.
Oldham also participated in AFI's highly competitive Directing Workshop for Women, where she directed her first narrative film, Pickled, a lighthearted magical realism comedy about a botanist struggling to balance community and her misguided passions.
Oldham went on to produce "A Lawyer Walks Into A Bar" a film about law, lawyers and litigiousness in America.
In 2007, Oldham traveled cross country on a bio-diesel bus shooting the journey of strangers uniting to establish a Department of Peace and Non Violence. "Change is Gonna Come" is in post production.
Oldham spent 2008 directing and producing for The Travel Channel's top rated show Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, exploring culture through food all over the world.
In 2009, Oldham will direct the independent feature Everything's Going to be Alright, starring Neve Campbell, Tom Everett Scott, Assif Mandvi (The Daily Show), Alan Ruck (Spin City) and Monique Curnin (Dark Knight), in New York City.
Documentary
Change Is Gonna Come (Role: Director, 2009)
A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar... (Role: Producer, 2007)
The Smith Family (Role: Producer, 2002)
The Smith Family (Role: Director, 2002)
Narrative
Bratz: The Movie (Role: Script Supervisor, 2007)
Pickled (Role: Director, 2005)
Raise Your Voice (Role: Script Supervisor, 2004)
Secret Needs (Role: Script Supervisor, 2001)
Boys Life 3 (Role: Script Supervisor, 2000) (segment "Inside Out")
The Crow: Salvation (Role: Script Supervisor, 2000)
What's Cooking? (Role: Script Supervisor, 2000)
Treehouse Hostage (Role: Script Supervisor, 1999)
Sleeping Beauties (1999)
Eating L.A. (Role: Script Supervisor, 1999)
Mystic Nights and Pirate Fights (Role: Script Supervisor, 1998)
The Sexperiment (Role: Script Supervisor, 1998)
The End of Violence (Role: Assistant Production Coordinator, 1997)
Lost Highway (Role: Assistant Production Coordinator, 1997)
Televsion
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern -Travel Channel- (Role: Producer, 2007)
"Creative Juice" (Role: Director, 5 episodes, 2007)
- Vegas Baby (2007)
- Rock Out (2007)
- Paint the Town Prom (2007)
- Coffee Cafe (2007)
- Dress Me Up (2007)
Everest: After The Climb (Role: Assistant Director, 2007-2008)
"Just for Kicks" (Role: Script Supervisor, 5 episodes, 2006)
- Waiting for Fleishman (2006)
- Sister Before Mister (2006)
- I'll Cry if I Want To (2006)
- I Love Lucy (????)
- The Freudian Kick (????)
The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold (Role: Script Supervisorr, 2006) (TV)
The Even Stevens Movie (Role: Script Supervisor, 2003) (TV)
Race to Space - Mission ins Unbekannte (Role: Script Supervisor, 2002)
"Even Stevens" (Role: Script Supervisor, 3 episodes, 2000-2001)
- Sibling Rivalry (2001)
- Heck of a Hanukkah (2000)
- What'll Idol Do? (2000)
The Trial of Old Drum (Role: Script Supervisor, 2000)
Mixed Blessings (Role: Script Supervisor, 1999)
Vipers (Role: Script Supervisor, 1999)
Wild Grizzly (Role: Script Supervisor, 1999) (TV)
Commercials/Business Media
Whimsy Clothing Boutique Commercial (Role: Producer/Director)
S-Factor Home DVD Series (Role: Director)
Press
Movie Maker Magazine
Featured as one of Movie-Maker's "Fiercely Independent Women" in their summer 2003 edition, Tasha Oldham is described as "The Objective Storyteller", with a combination of intelligence, talent and beauty that has allowed her to rise to success in Hollywood with minimal damage......
Film Maker Magazine
Tasha Oldham was selected as the #1 face of 25 hot new faces to watch in Indie film.
DGA Award Winner
Tasha Oldham was present at the Director's Guild of America 55th Annual Awards Ceremony along with Steven Spielberg, Martin Sorsese, Robert Marshall, and many other prestigious directors....
American Film Institute
Tasha Oldham was part of AFI's Directing workshop for women, she is pictured here in their Flyer....
BBC Four Interview
An exclusive interview with Tasha Oldham, where she talks in depth about her experiences in making her claim to fame documentary, The Smith Family...........
Reel
Narrative
Pickled
A short narrative film about which was produced as part of AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women. Pickled is a light-hearted magical realism short about a middle-aged woman trying to balance community and her mis-guided passions.
Documentary
The Smith Family
The Smith Family Film was winner of the 2002 AFI Film Festival's Audience Award and the prestigious Columbia/Alfred duPont Award. Most impressively, The Smith Family won Oldham the coveted Director's Guild of America Award and was subsequently nominated for an Emmy Award. This heartbreaking and heartfelt film documents one family's struggle with AIDS, homosexuality, and religion and the forgiveness and courage they were able to find within themselves in the midst of all hopelessness.
Television
Bizarre Foods
Hosted by Andrew Zimmern, Tasha Oldham produced/directed this popular series on the Travel Channel which explores foods and cultures around the world and seeks to discover unimaginable eatery. It reveals other cultures in the light of their cuisine and allows viewers to experience different cultures as they have never experienced them before.
Creative Juice
Tasha Oldham directed five episodes of the much talked about HGTV series, Creative Juice, which is a series devoted to providing a fresh look at old crafty ideas.
Commercials/Business Media
S Factor
Tasha Oldham directed Sheila Kelly’s Home DVD series. A program that combines palates, yoga and a pole-dancing workout to increase the confidence of the everyday woman.
Whimsy Clothing Boutique Commercial
Directed by Tasha Oldham for a Salt Lake Local Boutique store, this commercial brings professionism and high production quality to a small town business.
Gibbs Family Publishing
Tasha Oldham was able to bring out the small town charm of this family owned business with her expert direction and her ability to connect with people and businesses on a personal level.
Kat's Kits
Tasha Oldham directed a series of How-To DVD's for Kat Torello's Decorative Painting Kits.