Tara Roberts Zabriskie

Tara Roberts Zabriskie is a documentary filmmaker and freelance videographer.  She works with businesses and organizations to create videos for educational and promotional purposes. Some of her work includes filming a 3000 mile bicycle race across the country, covering sailing races in the Caribbean, and creating a series of videos on Leave No Trace for hikers produced for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Her latest work, Defending the Dark, is a 30 minute documentary film about why light pollution is harmful to humans and wildlife, and explains simple things you can do in your own back yard to bring back the night sky. 

As an independent artist Tara has produced videos and photos for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, the National Park Service, the Massachusetts Audubon Society and many small businesses and organizations. Her photos were selected to be published in the book. The Appalachian Trail: Backcountry Shelters, Lean-tos, and Huts, and the publications Sailing Magazine, and Sailing World.

She took a semester off college to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail in 2003. That experience taught her to dream big, because anything is possible if you approach it one step and one day at a time. 

Tara currently lives in Maryland on 5 acres with husband, and a few small farm animals.