Tara Duncan

President, Freeform & Onyx Collective at The Walt Disney Company

Tara Duncan is president of Freeform and the newly created Onyx Collective. She reports to Dana Walden, chairman of Entertainment, Walt Disney Television.

Duncan joined Disney General Entertainment from her overall deal at Hulu, where she curated a strong slate of projects, including an adaptation of Zakiya Dalila Harris’ acclaimed novel “The Other Black Girl,” which she won with Temple Hill Entertainment in a highly competitive bidding war. Before joining Hulu, she was a senior creative executive at Netflix overseeing the hit series “Orange Is the New Black” and “Narcos,” and launching series with directors Spike Lee, Baz Luhrmann, The Wachowskis and Justin Simien. Prior to that, she produced the pilot “Bosch,” Amazon’s first drama series, and was a key creative executive at AMC.

Duncan is a founding member of Who’s In The Room, an executive mentorship program created to help diversify the leadership and executive ranks in the industry. She started her career at Section Eight, George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh’s production company.

Timeline

  • President, Freeform & Onyx Collective

    Current role

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