Tate Taylor
| Tate Taylor | |
|---|---|
 Taylor in 2011 | |
| Born |
June 3, 1969 Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Residence | Wyolah Plantation in Church Hill, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Occupation | Director, writer, producer, actor |
Tate Taylor (born June 3, 1969) is an American actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He is best known for directing The Help (2011), Get on Up (2014) and The Girl on the Train (2016).
Early life
Taylor was born on June 3, 1969 in Jackson, Mississippi, where he grew up. He attended preschool in Jackson with writer Kathryn Stockett.[1]
Career
Taylor worked for 15 years in New York City and Los Angeles. Though he debuted as a feature film director in Pretty Ugly People (2008), he was primarily an actor for most of his career, in films such as Winter's Bone (2010).
Taylor achieved mainstream success when he directed the film The Help (2011), based on Stockett's novel The Help. She gave him rights to make the film adaptation in June 2008, before the book was published.[2] In addition to receiving generally positive reviews, the film was a major commercial success, earning more than $200 million worldwide, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Tate Taylor has been nominated for and received industry awards including the 2013 Vail Film Festival Vanguard Award, the 2012 BAFTA Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, the 2012 Writer's Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay, the 2012 Critics Choice Award nomination, the 2012 Image Award nomination for Outstanding Directing and for Outstanding Writing, the 2011 Chicago Film Critics Association nomination.[3]
Taylor directed Get on Up (2014), a biopic on the singer James Brown, starring Chadwick Boseman, which was released on August 1, 2014. Though the film was well received critically, it was a commercial disappointment. Most recently he has directed The Girl on the Train, which received mixed reviews, but has grossed over $122 million worldwide since its release.
Personal life
Taylor resides on the Wyolah Plantation, an Antebellum plantation in Church Hill, Mississippi.[4][5]
Filmography
Director
- Chicken Party (short) (2003)
- Pretty Ugly People (2008)
- The Help (2011)
- Get on Up (2014)
- The Girl on the Train (2016)
Actor
- Wannabe (2005)[6]
- Winter's Bone (2010)
References
- ↑ Daisy Dumas (2011-10-08). "The Help: Kathryn Stockett and Tate Taylor's friendship took the book to the big screen". Mail Online. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
- ↑ Hickman, Angela (2011-08-10). "Q&A: The Help hits close to home for director Tate Taylor". National Post. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
- ↑ "Tate Taylor – Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
- ↑ Gregory, Vanessa (August 2011). "The Help Director – Tate Taylor". Garden and Gun. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
- ↑ "Tour The Help Director Tate Taylor's Renovated 1830s Mississippi Mansion". Architectural Digest. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
- ↑ "wannabe". 7 Deadly Films. Archived from the original on 18 May 2006.