Tanya Selvaratnam is a writer and an Emmy-nominated and multiple Webby-winning filmmaker. She is the Senior Advisor, Gender Justice Narratives, at the Pop Culture Collaborative; and the author of Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence and THE BIG LIE. Assume Nothing has been optioned by ABC Signature/Disney Television Studios and is in development as a series by Amazon Studios.

Tanya has produced for the Ms. Foundation for Women, Vision & Justice Project, Aubin Pictures, Story Syndicate, Glamour Women of the Year, The Meteor, Joy to the Polls, For Freedoms, and Planned Parenthood; and collaborated with dozens of artists such as Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, and Carrie Mae Weems. Tanya’s films have played on HBO, IFC, PBS, and the Sundance Channel; and have premiered at Sundance, Berlin, Tribeca, and SXSW. Her writing has been published in the New York Times, Vogue, ELLE, Cosmo, Glamour, CNN, NBC News, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.

Born in Sri Lanka and raised in Long Beach, CA, Tanya is based in New York City and Portland, Oregon. More info at tanyaturnsup.com.