AWARDS | PRESS

Award-Winning Producer and Director Tara Veneruso 
NYU Film Graduate / Filmmaker
Select credits on Internet Movie Database (imdb.com)

FEATURED IN:

Variety Magazine
Scientific American Magazine
DGA Magazine (Director's Guild of America)
Filmmaker Magazine
Sight & Sound Magazine
MovieMaker Magazine
Billboard Magazine
The Los Angeles Times
(LA Times)
Swing Magazine
Bust Magazine
Ms. Magazine
Magazine
Screen Actor Magazine (Screen Actor's Guild)
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Salon.com
The Guardian UK
BBC Online
IndieWire
NPR (Radio) / WHYY on Digital Technology
NPR/WHYY CompuDudes Show
The Independent Film & Video Monthly
KPFK Radio, Los Angeles
KABC, Los Angeles w/ Host Larry Elder
The Irish Film & TV Network
The Philadelphia Examiner
KRON-TV, Channel 4, San Francisco
SagIndie.com
Hollywood.com
Austin American Statesman
Austin Chronicle
The Daily Texan
TODO Austin
St Jo Press
Kansas City, The Pitch
WeeklyWire.com
Le Camera die Registi
Chillesperienza.Altervista.Org
South Korean Newspaper 
Monty Python's Daily Llama 


WINNER - BEST OF AWARDS
SXSW Best Music Video - Spoon "All the Negatives.."
AMA Best Music Video/Director - Ian Moore "BarLine 99"
Films selected for Short Cinema Journal, Warner Bros.
WorldFest Houston - Silver Documentary 

Janis Joplin Slept Here
SXSW Official Selection
Central Florida Film Fest - Women on the Verge
Oslo, Norway - Oslo*Austin Best Of
WorldFest Houston - Silver Documentary 
Reviewed by Billboard Magazine
Reviews by The LA Times

Sidewalkers
Fully financed by Warner Bros. 
Short Cinema Journal
Official Selection of 
The Hampton's Film Festival
Edinburgh Film Festival
Santa Fe Film Festival
The Egyptian Film Series, Los Angeles
Palm Springs Film Festival
Victoria Film Festival
South Korea Digital Fest

9 Boyfriends / Chemical Generation
Webseries
Featured in "Future Cinema" Exhibition
Museums in Helsinki
Philadelphia,
Tokyo
Sydney
Conduit Digital & Gaming Fest

Airports for Beginners
Official Selection of 
Palm Springs Shorts Film Festival
Victoria Film Festival

The Idaho Falls "Devil's Drink"
Official Selection of 
Griffon Film Festival
Aired on CMT

MoviesByWomen 
Featured in
Access Hollywood
NBC News
CBS News
KABC, Los Angeles w/ Host Larry Elder
The LA Times
Variety Magazine
The Guardian UK
Sunday Herald, London UK
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Bust Magazine
BBC Online
New Times, Los Angeles
Feminist Magazine
KPFK Radio, Los Angeles
Rockgrrl
Adweek
WomenArts.org
Salon.com
Women's International Network News
 

INVITED GUEST SPEAKER/ PANELIST:

Sony Studios / Digital Cinema Conference
Director's Guild of America 
Canon Cameras /  Digital Cinema Series
Sundance Film Festival
Screen Actor's Guild
AFI Film Fest
American Cinematheque, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Film Festival (LA Film Festival)
UCLA 
LA Final Cut Pro User's Group - Los Angeles
Slamdance Film Festival
SXSW Interactive
Director's Guild of America - Chicago
YPO - Young President's Organization
Loyola Marymount University
Film Independent - Los Angeles
Santa Monica Film Festival
Santa Barbara Film Festival
Edinburgh Film Festival
Film Ireland - Ireland Film Centre
'Future Cinema' / Cologne, Germany
'Future Cinema' / Seoul, South Korea
Web Cinema / Sienna, Italy
Philadelphia Film Festival
SXSW Film Festival
Austin Film Festival
Beverly Hills Playhouse 
IFP - Los Angeles
DIY Convention, Los Angeles
Digital Filmmaking / Winnepeg, Canada
Victoria Film Festival
Santa Fe Film Festival
Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee
Griffon Film Festival
YWCA
YMCA
IFP - Chicago
IFP - Minneapolis

DIGITAL CINEMA SERIES/CONFERENCE PRODUCER :
Sony Studios  (2 Day Conference)
Canon Cameras - (16 weeks/4 years)
Screen Actor's Guild (3 years)
Film Independent (4 years)
UCLA - Digital Cinema Producing
Film Independent  (9 week series)
Beverly Hills Playhouse   (8 week series)
Brooks College - Orange County, CA

BOOK QUOTES/MENTIONS:
Future Cinema - Nora Barry
Making the Short Film - Kim Adelman

PAST BOARD OF ADVISORS
Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee 
MoviesByWomen
First Weekenders Group

VENERUSO VIDEO COLLECTION
University of Texas, The Center for American History
 

CLIENT ROSTER INCLUDES

ABOUT BRIGHTSTAR MEDIA

BrightStar Media specializes in digital media production utilizing leading-edge technology and global interconnectivity to bring our clients visions to life for film, TV, advertising and emerging technologies.  Led by Senior Producer Tara Veneruso, BrightStar's creative team provides clients with comprehensive digital production from initial visualization stages through the post-production and finishing.  Our editorial services include motion graphics, visual effects and animation.  Veneruso has served as consultant and editor for Academy Award® winning film directors and has produced & directed films fully funded by Hollywood top film studios.