Meet Tamarrice Parker

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Tamarrice Parker a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Tamarrice, thanks so much for taking the time to share your insights and lessons with us today. We’re particularly interested in hearing about how you became such a resilient person. Where do you get your resilience from?

I get my resilience from God first, and from the people who raised me. I come from a place where you don’t get anything handed to you, you have to build it, protect it, and believe in it before anyone else can see it. Every closed door, every ‘no,’ every moment where I felt invisible… those became fuel.

I carry my roots with me, Birmingham, Alabama, the pride, the grit, the history. I’ve learned that resilience isn’t loud. It’s waking up the next day still chasing what everyone else said was impossible. That’s where I come from. And that’s what keeps me going.”

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

I’m a filmmaker and storyteller from Birmingham, Alabama. What excites me the most about what I do is the power to shift how people see themselves — especially those who come from places and backgrounds that the industry doesn’t usually highlight.

I love creating work that feels bold, human, spiritually grounded, and visually memorable. My art is a mix of real-world experience and imaginative world-building, grounded in the South, but reaching way beyond it.

My brand is about representation, resilience, and legacy. I’m driven by the idea that stories can open doors and sometimes, kick them down entirely. I’m passionate about showing that greatness doesn’t only come from big cities or privileged beginnings. It can come from any block, any family, any kid with a dream strong enough to outlive the doubt.

Right now, I’m preparing for a major leap: we’re gearing up for a project that has the potential to redefine how we see iconic heroes and who gets to become them. I can’t say too much yet, but what’s coming represents history in the making.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

Resilience — I learned early that you have to keep showing up even when no one is clapping yet. Doors will close. People won’t understand the vision. You can’t let that break you. Every ‘no’ taught me patience, discipline, and self-belief.
Advice: Don’t wait for someone to validate you. Treat your dream like it’s already real.

Creative Ownership — I realized nobody was going to hand me an opportunity that matched the scale of my ambition. So I started writing, shooting, and building my own worlds. When you create your own projects, you give yourself permission to become the person you’re meant to be.
Advice: Practice your craft daily. Build your portfolio even when the budget is zero. Make your name undeniable.

Identity and Purpose — My roots, my faith, my family, and the South are a huge part of who I am. I’m not trying to fit into Hollywood. I’m bringing something new to it. When you know why you’re doing this, every step forward has weight.
Advice: Don’t run from where you come from. Let it empower your voice and your storytelling, that’s what makes you different.

At the end of the day, greatness isn’t luck, it’s belief, consistency, and the courage to build something that didn’t exist before. If you stay committed long enough, the world eventually has no choice but to take notice.”

Okay, so before we go, is there anyone you’d like to shoutout for the role they’ve played in helping you develop the essential skills or overcome challenges along the way?

My community.

I come from a place where dreams are often treated like fantasies, but the people around me taught me resilience. My friends, my supporters online, the kids in my city who tell me they see themselves in me… they made me believe that what I’m doing matters.

Every time someone commented ‘you could be Batman,’ they weren’t just hyping me up, they were giving me the courage to keep building.

I’ve learned more from those voices than any classroom or Hollywood connection. They pushed me to think bigger, work harder, and carry the weight of representation with pride.

So the most helpful people in my journey are the ones who saw the hero in me before I fully saw it in myself.”

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Joshua Fogel (Jae Ghost Shoots)

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