Tara Miele is an American screenwriter and director who works in independent film and television. She is best known for her feature film Wander Darkly, starring Sienna Miller and Diego Luna, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival before being released by Lionsgate and her work on the final two episodes of Apple TV+’s Lessons in Chemistry, starring Academy Award winner Brie Larson, which earned a DGA nomination for Best Direction in a Limited Series. Tara's 2016 viral video Meet a Muslim, which she created as a response to rising Islamophobia has been viewed more than 45 million times worldwide. Her television work includes the backdoor pilot for Green Arrow and the Canaries, Little America, High Potential, Sheriff Country, We Were Liars, The Rookie, La Brea, Hawaii Five-0, Arrow, Batwoman, and Fantasy Island.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Director and writer
- 15 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Tara Miele's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Tara Miele's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Tara Miele's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
17 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.
Sheriff Country(2025)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
We Were Liars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
High Potential(2024)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Lessons in Chemistry(2023)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
La Brea(2021)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Fantasy Island(2021)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Wander Darkly(2020)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Little America(2020)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
Batwoman(2019)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
The Nomads(2019)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
The Rookie(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Lost Boy(2015)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Starving in Suburbia(2014)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Gone Missing(2013)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Arrow(2012)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all showsThe Lake Effect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Hawaii Five-0(2010)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles from 2010 to 2025.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
2 major nominations and no wins, 2020–2024.
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series
- Sundance award, nominated · Dramatic
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Tara Miele's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 15 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the atmosphere 59/100 and the pacing 47/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Tara Miele work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tara Miele's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fernando Szew shares the most, 3.
Composers and cinematographers
- Damian HoranShared titles: Lost Boy (2015), Starving in Suburbia (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Damian Horan
- Kim CarrollShared titles: Starving in Suburbia (2014), Gone Missing (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Carroll
Producers
- Fernando SzewShared titles: Lost Boy (2015), Starving in Suburbia (2014), Gone Missing (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Fernando Szew
- Sharon BordasShared titles: Lost Boy (2015), Starving in Suburbia (2014), Gone Missing (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Sharon Bordas
- Hannah PillemerShared titles: Lost Boy (2015), Starving in Suburbia (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Hannah Pillemer
