Tamara Stepanyan was born in Armenia. During the breakdown of the Soviet Union in the early 90's, she moved to Lebanon with her parents. After studying and working in Lebanon, Tamara pursued her studies at The National Film School of Denmark ( creative documentary) under the supervision of Arne Bro( exchange program).

Since 5 years now, she is working and living in France. Stepanyan made a number of films that were shown and primed in prestigious festivals like Locarno, Busan, La Rochelle. Right now she is developing her third feature documentary “Le village des femmes” and as well as working on her first fiction narative script.