Tamara Asmar

Writer

Tamara Asmar is a highly sought-after screenwriter and Script Producer, having worked on a diverse range of projects over the course of her career, amassing credits in a variety of genres, formats, and roles. 

Most recently, Tamara Script Produced and wrote on series one of NCIS: Sydney (Paramount +/CBS, Channel Ten). The series went onto become a ratings smash, both domestically and in the US, and was quickly renewed for a second season. Tamara returned to the role of Script Producer for the second season, in addition to writing an episode; the series is currently in production. Tamara previously served as the Script Producer, and wrote multiple episodes, for series two of the award-winning Love Me (a Binge/Foxtel original series for Warner Bros. International Television and Wildflower Films).

In 2023, Tamara wrote Episodes three and five of the Bunya Entertainment and Heiress Film’s series In Limbo (ABC, dir. Trent O'Donnell), earning an Australian Writer’s Guild Award nomination for her episode three script. She also wrote a standalone episode for the Lingo Pictures’ anthology series Erotic Stories (SBS, dir. Leticia Caceres) entitled ‘Imperfect Paw Paw’. The series, which explored sex and intimacy between typically underrepresented characters on screen, went on to receive unwavering critical acclaim and an AACTA Award nomination for Best Drama Series. Prior to this Tamara wrote the pilot episode for the SBS and Lingo Pictures limited drama series On the Ropes (dir. Shannon Murphy, 2018). She received an AWGIE Award nomination for Best Writing in a Mini-Series and was shortlisted in the NSW Premier Awards for the Betty Roland Scriptwriting Award. On the Ropes was also nominated for Best Australian Television Drama at the 2019 AACTA Awards.

Tamara’s other credits include: writing across four seasons of Channel Nine and Easy Tiger’s hugely popular series, Doctor Doctor (AKA The Heart Guy); serving as a script editor on Cleverman 2 (Goalpost Productions, 2016); script editing and writing on Love Child 2 (Playmaker, 2015); she has written extensively for Screentime on Crownies (2011) and Tricky Business (2012); she wrote three episodes of the live-action children’s series Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures (SLR/Channel 10, 2014), co-wrote the pilot for another SLR live-action children’s series, The Alice-Miranda Mysteries as well as two episodes of Beyond Productions’ animated children’s series, Beat Bugs (2016) for Netflix.

A graduate of the esteemed NIDA Playwrights’ Studio, Tamara wrote the play Sabur (2003) while there. She has had two plays produced for the Old Fitzroy Theatre, Ninja (2005) and Belle’s Line (2008), along with other short plays Class (2009) for the 24 Hour Play Generator, Griffin Theatre and Queen of the Night (2009) for Brand Spanking New (New Theatre). She was also shortlisted for the Philip Parsons Playwright’s Award for her play submission Radio Pictures for Company B Belvoir in 2009.

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