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Brian Taylor (filmmaker)

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Brian Taylor
Other namesTaylor
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, film producer, camera operator
Years active2002–present

Brian Taylor is an American filmmaker. He is best known for collaborating with Mark Neveldine in the writing and directing team Neveldine/Taylor.

Career

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Taylor attended the Los Angeles Film School in Hollywood and began his career as a cinematographer, working on independent films and low-budget shorts. In the early 2000s, Taylor united with Mark Neveldine to form the directing team Neveldine/Taylor. Known for their aggressive[clarification needed], high energy camerawork, the team signed with @radical.media in 2004 as commercial directors. They shot campaigns for Nike, Powerade, Budweiser and many others before moving to the big screen in 2006 with their first feature, Crank.

According to Taylor, the high adrenaline Crank was written as "an attack on studio filmmaking."[clarification needed] The film spawned a sequel, Crank: High Voltage (2009) that Quentin Tarantino called “The Gremlins 2 of action movies.” The team pioneered the RED ONE camera[clarification needed] on the dystopian science fiction mashup Gamer (2009), then trekked across Europe with Nicolas Cage on Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011).

In February 2012, Taylor signed a seven-figure deal with Sony Pictures to write and direct a film adaptation of the Twisted Metal video game series. The film has not yet been produced.

In 2016, Taylor teamed up with Grant Morrison to adapt the graphic novel Happy! for Original Films. The series premiered on SyFy in 2017.  Brian and Grant went on to adapt Aldous Huxley's masterpiece Brave New World with Amblin/UCP as a USA series in 2018.

In 2017, Taylor wrote and directed the horror comedy film Mom and Dad[1] starring Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair and Anne Winters.[2][3] The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2017 as part of the Midnight Madness lineup and was released in theaters on January 19, 2018.[4] In February 2023, Taylor was announced as the director of the live-action reboot Hellboy: The Crooked Man.[5]

Filmography

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With Mark Neveldine

Year Title Director Writer Producer Camera
Operator
2006 Crank Yes Yes executive Yes
2008 Pathology No Yes Yes Yes
2009 Crank: High Voltage Yes Yes executive Yes
Gamer Yes Yes executive Yes
2010 Jonah Hex No Yes No No
2011 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Yes No No Yes

Solo works

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2003 Biker Boyz No No No Visual effects artist
2009 Kid Revolver[6] No No executive Short film
2017–2019 Happy! Yes Yes executive Directed 9 episodes;
Wrote 5 episodes
2017 Mom and Dad Yes Yes Yes
2024 Hellboy: The Crooked Man Yes No No

References

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  1. ^ McNary, Dave (February 12, 2016). "Berlin: Nicolas Cage Starring in Horror-Thriller 'Mom and Dad'". Variety. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  2. ^ Hipes, Patrick (February 12, 2016). "Nicolas Cage Reunites With 'Ghost Rider' Helmer On Horror Thriller 'Mom And Dad' – Berlin". Deadline. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  3. ^ McNary, Dave (June 22, 2016). "Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair Starring in Thriller 'Mom and Dad'". Variety. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  4. ^ Miska, Brad (November 9, 2017). "'Mom and Dad' Turns Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair Into Maniacs". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  5. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (February 18, 2023). "'Hellboy: The Crooked Man' Plot & Production Details Revealed By Millennium; Reboot To Be A "Departure" & First In New Series — EFM". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  6. ^ "Brian Taylor". IMDb.
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