Tarek Aryani

Tarek Aryani is a filmmaker raised in Yemen and based in New York. He earned a BA from Brown University and studied at the FAMU film school in Czechia. After a few years in supply chain management and marketing roles at Ann Inc. and Fendi NA, he resumed his film studies and recently earned an MFA in Directing/Screenwriting from Columbia University, where he served as a graduate teaching assistant in the Media Studies Department and as a media production specialist. Tarek has worked on several documentaries, including for the World Bank and MTV, and created promotional videos for Brown, Columbia, Ann Inc., and educational nonprofits. His feature and TV pilot scripts have been selected for development at various workshops, and the films he produced have won awards at several Oscar-qualifying film festivals across North America. Some of his interests and influences include the work of Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Fellini, Lynch, Kiarostami, Altman, and Hitchcock.