{"id":8,"date":"2017-09-26T23:14:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T23:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tevinjtavares.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2023-10-05T13:25:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T13:25:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tevinjtavares.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8\" class=\"elementor elementor-8\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d486f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d486f9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97fbe0b\" data-id=\"97fbe0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69dad5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"69dad5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/270557391?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=0&amp;byline=0#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee449e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee449e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd2254b\" data-id=\"dd2254b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3af425 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3af425\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Director from the Bay Area.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d21091f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d21091f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tevin Tavares is an award winning writer, director, and producer born and raised in the Bay Area. His work has been featured in several media outlets including, Forbes, Black Excellence, Complex, Pigeons &amp; Planes, XXL, 2 Dope Boyz, Hot New Hip Hop, and Nice Kicks. At just 24 years old Forbes Magazine compared Tavares to award winning filmmaker Ryan Coogler. 2016, his film &#8220;Numb in America&#8221; received a College Emmy, and in 2018 his film &#8220;Through Your Eyes&#8221; won Best Short Doc at the 2018 Long Beach Indie International Film Festival. In getting the opportunity to do films for Nike, his eye and gift for storytelling has reached national audiences. Tavares co-directed NBA All Star Damian Lillard&#8217;s first music video for his hit single, &#8220;Dre Grant&#8221; which has accumulated over 2 million views and has been featured on ESPN and in the 2020 NBA All-Star Game. In 2020 Tavares wrote and directed the animated film for Springhill Entertainment&#8217;s &#8220;More Than A Vote&#8221; Campaign which starred Stacey Abrams, Damian Lillard and Lebron James. Tavares made his directorial series debut directing the IMDB TV Original &#8220;Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers&#8221;. Tavares is represented by WME.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1978609 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1978609\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"mailto:tevin.tavares@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Email me<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Director from the Bay Area. Tevin Tavares is an award winning writer, director, and producer born and raised in the Bay Area. 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