Christian Taylor (screenwriter)

Christian Taylor is a British-Argentine-American screenwriter, director, and producer known for his work on the American television series '' Lost'', '' Six Feet Under'', ''Teen Wolf, Clone Wars, Resident Alien,'' ''Eye Candy'' and the award-winning independent film '' Showboy'', which he codirected and starred in. Christian is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community and actively works to encourage representation across Film and TV storytelling.

Early life

Taylor was born in London, England to an Argentine father and British mother. Soon after his birth, the family moved to Mexico City for three years. On their return to London, they lived in the culturally diverse and artistic community of Notting Hill. As a teenager, he went to Bedales School in Hampshire where both Daniel Day-Lewis and Minnie Driver attended. He did his art foundation course at the Central School of Art and Design and then moved to the United States after being accepted by New York University TIsch School of the Arts.

Career

As a student at New York University, Taylor wrote and directed his thesis film, ''The Lady in Waiting,'' which won the gold medal for Best Dramatic Film at the Student Academy Awards and went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film.

Taylor was integral to the development and filming of the pilot of the HBO drama '' Six Feet Under'' in 2001, and went on to be a writer-producer on the show and received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Drama Series in 2002. Taylor's script for the season 2 episode, “In Place of Anger,” was nominated for a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award in 2003.

He co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the 2002 independent Mockumentary film, '' Showboy'', which won the Douglas Hickox Award for best directorial debut at the British Independent Film Awards and was named Best Picture at the Milan International Film Festival.

In 2003, Taylor became a writer and producer on ABC's dramatic series ''Miracles'', before beginning work on the first season of the network's breakout hit, '' Lost''.

As there was no pilot shot, Taylor was one of only four writers brought on to brainstorm and develop what the show would eventually be. As a writer and supervising producer on '' Lost'', Taylor won the 2006 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series.

In 2008, he co-created Fox's sci-fi crime drama ''New Amsterdam''.

He went on to become the head writer on Lucasfilm’s animated series, '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' writing episodes for the show’s third, fourth, and fifth seasons and received a 2015 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program.

Taylor’s relationship with MTV began with the 2009 release of the horror miniseries, ''Valemont'', which he wrote and co-directed.

He returned to MTV as a writer, director, and co-executive producer on ''Teen Wolf'' during the show’s second, third, and fourth seasons directing the fan-favorite episode called Motel California.

In 2014, Taylor developed and was showrunner and Executive producer of the MTV drama-thriller series '' Eye Candy'', starring Victoria Justice. Production began in New York City in September 2014, with Jax Media and the ten-episode first season was released in January 2015. The hugely popular show was canceled after MTV decided to stop producing or programing live action TV.

He was co-executive producer and writer on the Marvel series ''Luke Cage'', which was released in 2018.

He was asked to return to Lucasfilm and wrote two episodes of '' The Bad Batch'' in its first season.

He has been working on the critically acclaimed and hugely popular ''Resident Alien'' for SYFY and Amblin TV. ''Resident Alien'' received the honor of Best Cable Series, Comedy from the Hollywood Critics Association for its first season.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards

References

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Living people
British male screenwriters
British LGBTQ film directors
LGBTQ television directors
English LGBTQ writers
Writers Guild of America Award winners
1968 births
21st-century British LGBTQ people
People educated at Bedales School