Nate Taylor is an American filmmaker based in New York City. Taylor is
son of documentary director Eric Taylor and contemporary artist Sali
Taylor.Nathan Bauman Taylor began his professional film career as a
production assistant at the age of sixteen. Over the next six years he
worked a variety of roles on-set, ranging from extra to dolly grip,
until he ended up landing a job at the NYC-based commercial
post-production house Crew Cuts. He remained at Crew Cuts for 12
years, where he edited numerous national television commercials for
the likes of Pepsi, Verizon, GE and Saturday Night Live. In addition
to a large body of commercial work, Taylor has edited a number of long
form pieces, including music videos, short films, and worked on the
independent feature, Kissing Jessica Stein (directed by Charlie
Herman-Wurmfeld).Showcasing the film-making talents he refined while
working in post-production, Taylor started directing short works in
2003, including viral web videos, spec commercials, indie music
videos, and a short film. In 2008 he directed a machinima parody
entitled MMOvie. Created using the World of Warcraft game engine the
short was a massive online success, garnering over 3 million hits
internationally and receiving nominations for a 2008 Webby Award and a
Golden Trailer Award. The project also got the notice of Austria
filmmaker Daniel Moshel, who featured Taylor and his team in a
documentary about the virtual world titled Login 2 Life.In 2012 Taylor
completed his first full-length feature film, Forgetting the Girl, an
adaptation of a short story of the same title written by Peter Moore
Smith. On March 2, it had its world premiere at the 2012 Cinequest
film festival. Critics praised Taylor for showing "great skill and
confidence in the direction" and delivering a film which was "twisted
and brilliant" and "disturbingly beautiful". The film will be
distributed in North America by Film Movement in October 2013.
son of documentary director Eric Taylor and contemporary artist Sali
Taylor.Nathan Bauman Taylor began his professional film career as a
production assistant at the age of sixteen. Over the next six years he
worked a variety of roles on-set, ranging from extra to dolly grip,
until he ended up landing a job at the NYC-based commercial
post-production house Crew Cuts. He remained at Crew Cuts for 12
years, where he edited numerous national television commercials for
the likes of Pepsi, Verizon, GE and Saturday Night Live. In addition
to a large body of commercial work, Taylor has edited a number of long
form pieces, including music videos, short films, and worked on the
independent feature, Kissing Jessica Stein (directed by Charlie
Herman-Wurmfeld).Showcasing the film-making talents he refined while
working in post-production, Taylor started directing short works in
2003, including viral web videos, spec commercials, indie music
videos, and a short film. In 2008 he directed a machinima parody
entitled MMOvie. Created using the World of Warcraft game engine the
short was a massive online success, garnering over 3 million hits
internationally and receiving nominations for a 2008 Webby Award and a
Golden Trailer Award. The project also got the notice of Austria
filmmaker Daniel Moshel, who featured Taylor and his team in a
documentary about the virtual world titled Login 2 Life.In 2012 Taylor
completed his first full-length feature film, Forgetting the Girl, an
adaptation of a short story of the same title written by Peter Moore
Smith. On March 2, it had its world premiere at the 2012 Cinequest
film festival. Critics praised Taylor for showing "great skill and
confidence in the direction" and delivering a film which was "twisted
and brilliant" and "disturbingly beautiful". The film will be
distributed in North America by Film Movement in October 2013.
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