tira olkdari (she/they)

is a writer and visual artist based in Brooklyn, originally from Cairo, Egypt. They are also a co-founder of Babellion Studios, alongside award-winning film director, Joshua Afiriyie. In the Spring of 2023, they graduated Temple University with a B.A. in Film & Media Arts and a certificate in Music Technology. In the Fall of 2025, they will be attending Stony Brook Manhattan's M.F.A. in Film program on the screenwriting track.

They won their first screenwriting award for "COAT" an unproduced short. Other notable achievements include an award for the pilot episode of "Past, Tonight, with Mars Apollo", as well as winning the grand prize in the annual screenplay competition associated with the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) for their unproduced pilot script "All Gods Go To Devin". 

Throughout their artistry, they have explored many mediums but routinely find themselves inspired by the themes of identity and belonging, aiming to produce works that provoke the feelings of  finding yourself and finding that of which completes you. However, they are also known to make stuff just for the sake of making stuff. On this website, there are plenty of works derived from both intentions, enjoy!