Tara Duncan(II)
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Executive
Tara Duncan is president of Freeform, the young adult cable network, where she has oversight of strategic planning, brand development, content strategy, original programming, production, scheduling, finance, research, marketing and communications. She reports to Dana Walden, chairman, Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment.
Duncan joins the network from her overall deal at Hulu, where she has curated a strong slate of projects, including an adaptation of Zakiya Dalila Harris' acclaimed novel, "The Other Black Girl," which she won with Temple Hill Entertainment in a highly competitive bidding war. Before joining Hulu, she was a senior creative executive at Netflix overseeing the hit series "Orange Is the New Black" and "Narcos,"and launching series with directors Spike Lee, Baz Luhrmann, The Wachowskis and Justin Simien. Prior to that, she produced the pilot "Bosch," Amazon's first drama series, and was a key creative executive at AMC.
Duncan is a founding member of Who's In The Room, an executive mentorship program created to help diversify the leadership and executive ranks in the industry. She started her career at Section Eight, George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh's production company.
Duncan joins the network from her overall deal at Hulu, where she has curated a strong slate of projects, including an adaptation of Zakiya Dalila Harris' acclaimed novel, "The Other Black Girl," which she won with Temple Hill Entertainment in a highly competitive bidding war. Before joining Hulu, she was a senior creative executive at Netflix overseeing the hit series "Orange Is the New Black" and "Narcos,"and launching series with directors Spike Lee, Baz Luhrmann, The Wachowskis and Justin Simien. Prior to that, she produced the pilot "Bosch," Amazon's first drama series, and was a key creative executive at AMC.
Duncan is a founding member of Who's In The Room, an executive mentorship program created to help diversify the leadership and executive ranks in the industry. She started her career at Section Eight, George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh's production company.
