About Us
Pink Tax Productions is a female-owned and operated production company working across film, television, and theatre. Dedicated to elevating women’s voices, the company creates honest, humorous, and heartfelt stories that resonate with modern audiences. Pink Tax's award-winning films and pilots have screened at Oscar-qualifying festivals including LA Shorts, HollyShorts, Cinequest, Woods Hole, Dances With Films, and LA ShortsFest, and are available to stream on platforms such as Omeleto, Lonely Wolf, and Jewish Life TV. Their work has been written up by The Jewish Journal, Reboot, Lilith Magazine, Film Threat, the Hollywood Times, and more.
Our Team
Nicole Friedberg
Co-Founder/Executive
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Nicole is an actor, writer, and producer who believes that telling stories - whether fictional or true - is how humans can affect change and start important conversations.
Nicole holds an MFA in Screen Acting from Oklahoma City University, for which she was part of the program’s inaugural LA/London cohort, and a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Pittsburgh.
Nicole has had the honor of publishing pieces in Hey Alma, Pittsburgh Magazine, Nursing Times, and more. She has also had the pleasure of performing in stage productions including Suddenly Last Summer, She Kills Monsters and short films such as "Comorbid" (which she also wrote), "Finish Line", and "Higher Education."
Outside of her work with Pink Tax Productions, Nicole has also directed and produced a handful of educational shorts for young audiences.
Whether using stories to reflect on the state of the current world or examining the way the world could be, Nicole’s mission as a storyteller is to provide people with escapes and new ways to look at the world, as well as to foster connections that make them feel seen and less alone.
Art is one of the biggest influences on the world and her life’s purpose is to be an artist who wields that power to make the world a better place.
Emily Nash
Co-Founder/Executive
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Emily is a bi-coastal AEA and SAG-AFTRA actor, singer, writer, and producer with a sharp comedic edge, working across stage and screen.
As an actor, she has originated roles at The Colony Theatre, Harbor Stage Company, The Flea Theater, The Bushwick Starr, the Vineyard Theatre, and The Players Theatre, and has also appeared in regional productions at the Argyle Theatre, Coachella Valley Repertory, and beyond.
On screen, she appears in "Forever" (Netflix), "Extrapolations" (Apple TV+), "Growing Up" (Disney+), and "Scare Tactics" (USA Network/Peacock), collaborating with directors including Regina King, Yara Shahidi, and Scott Z. Burns. A familiar face in national commercials, she’s appeared alongside talent such as Jonathan Van Ness, the Property Brothers, Michael Strahan, and Melissa Villaseñor.
Emily wrote, executive produced, and starred in the first Pink Tax Production, "Judy-ism," a short Jewish rom-com that screened at multiple Oscar-qualifying festivals and now streams on Omeleto and Jewish Life TV. Alongside Nicole and John, she has co-produced a handful of other projects currently making the festival circuit. Her writing has been commissioned by JewFace Theatre Company in Los Angeles and has made CoverFly's Red List of top screenplays.
Emily is a graduate of Vassar College and recently completed a graduate screen acting program through Oklahoma City University in Los Angeles.
John Noble Barrack
Producer
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John is an AEA and SAG-AFTRA actor, singer/songwriter, photographer and producer living in Los Angeles.
He received his MFA in acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep in 2018 before spending a few years in NYC. He has worked on numerous TV, film, and theatre productions such as "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", "Julia", and the Artists Equity film "The Instigators." More recently, he was a series regular on Jordan Peele's "Scare Tactics" and now recurs on Dan Levy's "Big Mistakes."
In addition to his work with Pink Tax Productions, John Executive Produced the award winning short film "Ride or Die", written and directed by Liliana Tandon.
John's mission is to foster peace and empathy. A middle child at heart, he seeks to support funny, compassionate stories spotlighting sticky subject matter.