Full Name
Tahirah Foy
Job Title
Senior Colorist
Company
ArsenalFX Color
Speaker Bio
Tahirah Foy is a talented colorist with extensive professional experience in color grading for scripted television series, theatrical feature films, made for television movies, unscripted specials, documentary series, music artist visual albums, short form network promotional material, and television/film restoration. She is a young, talented, technically adept artist entering the next exciting phase of her professional journey as a colorist.
Based in Los Angeles, CA, Tahirah draws visual inspiration from still photography, street art, fine art, personal experiences and travel. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film & Media Culture and Economics from Middlebury College in 2010 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Media Arts from Emerson College in 2014. She began her career as a Post-Production Coordinator in short form promo for numerous network campaigns and served as a Post Production Coordinator on the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead. Tahirah transitioned to the roles of Finishing Editor and Color Assist in 2018. In 2019, she joined HBO as a Final Picture Colorist, where was one of the Colorist in the internal HBO restoration team that remastered nearly 100 episodes of the hit series Sex and the City and the first two season of the critically acclaimed Six Feet Under.
Tahirah is currently a Senior Colorist at ArsenalFX Color where she have served as Final Colorist for Season 1 of the BET’s #1 drama Series “Average Joe”, Hulu and Onyx Collective’s Original docuseries “Black Twitter: A People’s History, Keke Palmer’s Amazon Music visual album “Big Boss”, the Hallmark Original television movie “Rescuing Christmas”, and Sony Pictures International feature film “Caras Vemos”.
As a colorist Tahirah strives to understand the creative vision and create a safe space for visual exploration. She uses her professional experience and skillsets to help make each creative idea as clear, captivating, and engaging as possible. Tahirah understands striking visuals are about a world built from our emotions and human experiences, both as individuals and as a collective. As a colorist she trusts the theoretical visual language of color grading just as much as the technical building blocks of the color science. She enjoys being on the frontlines of industry innovation and approaches each project with openness and a collaborative spirit.
Based in Los Angeles, CA, Tahirah draws visual inspiration from still photography, street art, fine art, personal experiences and travel. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film & Media Culture and Economics from Middlebury College in 2010 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Media Arts from Emerson College in 2014. She began her career as a Post-Production Coordinator in short form promo for numerous network campaigns and served as a Post Production Coordinator on the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead. Tahirah transitioned to the roles of Finishing Editor and Color Assist in 2018. In 2019, she joined HBO as a Final Picture Colorist, where was one of the Colorist in the internal HBO restoration team that remastered nearly 100 episodes of the hit series Sex and the City and the first two season of the critically acclaimed Six Feet Under.
Tahirah is currently a Senior Colorist at ArsenalFX Color where she have served as Final Colorist for Season 1 of the BET’s #1 drama Series “Average Joe”, Hulu and Onyx Collective’s Original docuseries “Black Twitter: A People’s History, Keke Palmer’s Amazon Music visual album “Big Boss”, the Hallmark Original television movie “Rescuing Christmas”, and Sony Pictures International feature film “Caras Vemos”.
As a colorist Tahirah strives to understand the creative vision and create a safe space for visual exploration. She uses her professional experience and skillsets to help make each creative idea as clear, captivating, and engaging as possible. Tahirah understands striking visuals are about a world built from our emotions and human experiences, both as individuals and as a collective. As a colorist she trusts the theoretical visual language of color grading just as much as the technical building blocks of the color science. She enjoys being on the frontlines of industry innovation and approaches each project with openness and a collaborative spirit.
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