Tara Wray was born in Manhattan, Kansas in 1978. She is founder and co-managing partner of L.B. Thunderpony Productions, a Vermont-based production company. Her first film, an autobiographical documentary titled Manhattan, Kansas, premiered at SXSW in 2006 where it received an Audience Award. It went on to screen at Lincoln Center and festivals worldwide, including showings in Italy, Croatia, India and across the U.S. Manhattan, Kansas aired on PBS, Channel Oktoskop in Austria, and can currently be seen on the Documentary Channel. Her photography has been widely exhibited. Most recently she published the photobook Come Again When You Can’t Stay So Long (2014). She is the recipient of a Jerome Foundation New York City Media Arts Award as well as an Anthony Radziwell Documentary Fund production grant.