Taylor spent several years at HBO Pictures, where she developed such projects as DON KING: ONLY IN AMERICA , GIA and INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE before branching out as a writer/producer with her own company Tailfish Productions.
Within six months of launching Tailfish, she optioned action-adventure feature " The Second Agenda" to Davis Classics, and partnered with producer James Gibb (CIRCUS, DARKNESS FALLS) to develop true-life story THE FORDHAM BOYS for Showtime with Ian Biederman (CROSSING JORDAN) set to write the script and Arvin Brown ( JUST ASK MY CHILDREN ) to direct. Their projects in development include : BLOODWORK written by Emmy-nominated writer Scott Abbott ( INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE , QUEEN OF THE DAMNED ) at USA Cable with Tim Matheson attached to direct.
Most recently, Taylor joined forces with Ksana Golod (President/Intercom Entertainment) to develop and package properties. The slate includes Marla Young's EARTHBOUND and Nick Souza's THE DIAMOND KINGS .
As an industry veteran, she has assembled a broad list of contacts within the production communities, working with writers from Endeavor, CAA, and William Morris.
Taylor teaches a "Feature Development Intensive" at Loyola Marymount University . Under her tutelage, writer Jeff Wilber sold a one-hour spec, THE STRIP to HBO Original Programming, and another student sold a treatment to Village Roadshow Pictures , and student Tom O'Connor won the 2004 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition. She has guest lectured at both UCLA and for the International MBA Program at LMU on "How to Market Your Film".
In 2003, she conducted an 8-week Screenwriting Workshop sponsored by the Film Actors Boot Camp, the educational arm of the Laurelgrove Theatre Company (a non-profit organization) where writers showcased their work for industry professionals.
Presently, Taylor heads the Screenwriting Division for Tigertainment Studios, a full-service educational institute for actors, directors and writers.
Taylor holds a B.A. in Screenwriting and Communication Arts from Loyola Marymount University , graduated Magna Cum Laude, and was the recipient of the Screenwriting Award for the class of 2001.
Her original screenplay, DEATH OF A TENNIS STAR , has garnered her several writing assignments including the rewrite of HEART BEATS LEFT a German, action-adventure which takes place during the fall of the Berlin Wall, and THE BACHELOR PORTRAITS , a commissioned adaptation of the novel by James I. Kruger.
