Tajamika Paxton
Tajamika Paxton or Taj Paxton is an American writer, director and producer. Her credits include writing, directing and producing A Fat Girl’s Guide to Yoga, written and developed from her interest in yoga and a winner of NBCUniversal’s Second Annual “Comedy Short Cuts” Diverse City Festival in 2007.[1] She produced the films Green Dragon starring Forest Whitaker and Patrick Swayze, which won a Humanitas Award,[2] and Chasing Papi, with Sofía Vergara. She sat on Outfest’s board of directors and served as GLAAD’s liaison to Hollywood.
Paxton was born in Los Angeles, California is a graduate of Georgetown University’s school of business and graduated with filmmakers Malcolm D. Lee and Breck Eisner. She is the daughter of Mablean Ephriam, known for the reality courtroom series Justice with Mablean Ephriam and who was judge on Divorce Court. She appeared with her mother on TV One’s Life After.[3] She served as vice president of production of Forest Whitaker’s Spirit Dance Entertainment production company and as an MTV Films creative executive and was on the development team for Election, 200 Cigarettes, Varsity Blues and The Wood.[4][5]
She was a board member of the Outfest L.A. Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and was director of programming for Outfest Fusion as well as GLAAD’s director of entertainment media.[6][7] She is an advocate of yoga and serves on the board of the International Association of Black Yoga Teachers.[8]
References
- ^ "NBCUNIVERSAL LEADS THE PACK IN DIVERSITY EFFORTS AS INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS CAPTURE PILOT SCRIPT DEAL - hosted by cast members from The Office and 30 Rock". NBCUniversal. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- ^ "Vietnamese Actor Under Fire for U.S. Film Roles". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- ^ Anthony, Flo (host) (29 October 2012). "Mablean Ephriam". Life After. Season 4. Episode 5. TV One.
- ^ "Paxton moved by Spirit". Variety. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- ^ "There Is an Audience for Our Films: Four African-American Female Filmmakers Speak Out". Daily Beast. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- ^ "Credits". Outfest. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- ^ "Why Television Is Outpacing Film in Diversity". Advocate. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- ^ "Spotlight On: The International Association of Black Yoga Teachers". LA Yoga. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
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