Tawan Bazemore

Tawan Bazemore is a Writer, Director, Cinematographer and Colorist from Paterson & South Orange, New Jersey; who resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife, actress/author Crystal Porter Bazemore. His love for 19th century paintings, opera, foreign language and classic films came at an early age and have shaped his unorthodox approach to telling stories. For more than 18 years Tawan has accrued over 250 credits as a professional Colorists; working for HBO, Maybelline NY, Relatively Media, Style Haul and JC Decaux. Being a Colorist has been instrumental in further shaping his cinematic style in the form of the color story and frame composition. He directed several short films one of which screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. In 2014 he directed his first feature film "Hibiscus". In 2017 it was picked up for distribution. Tawan and his wife Crystal have several projects in development through their company Cinema Optics. The first completed film under the Cinema Optics banner is the short film "Sound".