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1 Early life  





2 Career  





3 Personal life  





4 Filmography  



4.1  Film  





4.2  Television  







5 Awards and nominations  





6 References  





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Tate Taylor






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Tate Taylor
Taylor in 2011

Born

(1969-06-03) June 3, 1969 (age 55)

Occupations

  • Film director
  • film producer
  • screenwriter
  • actor
  • Tate Taylor (born June 3, 1969) is an American filmmaker and actor. Taylor is best known for directing The Help (2011), Get On Up (2014), and The Girl on the Train (2016).

    Early life[edit]

    Taylor was born on June 3, 1969, in Jackson, Mississippi, where he grew up.[citation needed]

    Career[edit]

    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 Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) and Winter's Bone (2010), and on television in series such as Charmed, Six Feet Under, and The Drew Carey Show.

    Taylor achieved mainstream success when he directed the film The Help (2011), based on Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same title. Stockett gave him rights to make the film adaptation in June 2008, before the book was published.[1] 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 Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, the 2012 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the 2012 Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, the 2012 NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture and for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture, and the 2011 Chicago Film Critics Association nomination.[2] Taylor next directed the James Brown biopic Get On Up (2014), which starred Chadwick Boseman. Though the film was a critical success, it commercially underperformed. His next project The Girl on the Train, an adaptation of the book by Paula Hawkins, was released to mixed reviews from critics, but was a box office success.

    In August 2018, Taylor was announced to be directing Jessica Chastain in action thriller film Ava. Taylor replaced original director Matthew Newton, who stepped down after controversy over allegations of domestic violence and assault.[3]

    In May 2019, Taylor released psychological horror film Ma, starring frequent collaborator Octavia Spencer. The film, produced by Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions banner, was a critical and commercial success. That same month, Fox ordered Taylor's first television project, Filthy Rich, to series. An American adaptation of the New Zealand series starring Kim Cattrall, it premiered in September 2020 and was cancelled after one season.[4]

    Taylor's most recent film is Breaking News in Yuba County, starring frequent collaborator Allison Janney, was released on February 12, 2021.[5][6]

    Personal life[edit]

    Taylor is openly gay and is in a relationship with producer John Norris.[7] He resides on the Wyolah Plantation, an Antebellum plantation in Church Hill, Mississippi.[8][9]

    Filmography[edit]

    Film[edit]

    Year

    Title

    Director

    Producer

    Writer

    2003

    Chicken Party

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    2008

    Pretty Ugly People

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    2011

    The Help

    Yes

    Executive

    Yes

    2014

    Get On Up

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    2016

    The Girl on the Train

    Yes

    No

    No

    2019

    Ma

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    2020

    Ava

    Yes

    No

    No

    2021

    Breaking News in Yuba County

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    Acting credits

    Year

    Title

    Role

    1997

    Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

    Casey Deegan

    2001

    Planet of the Apes

    Friend at Leo's Party

    2002

    I Spy

    Lieutenant Percy

    2003

    Chicken Party

    Luke Smith

    2004

    Breakin' All the Rules

    Attendant

    2005

    Wannabe

    Gunner Dillyn

    2008

    Pretty Ugly People

    George's boyfriend

    2010

    Winter's Bone

    Mike Satterfield

    2019

    Ma

    Officer Grainger

    2021

    Breaking News in Yuba County

    Attractive Customer

    Television[edit]

    Year

    Title

    Director

    Executive
    Producer

    Writer

    Notes

    2015

    Grace and Frankie

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    Episode "Pilot"

    2020

    Filthy Rich

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Developer

    2024

    Palm Royale

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    Miniseries

    Acting credits

    Year

    Title

    Role

    Notes

    1999

    Charmed

    Applicant #3

    Episode "The Painted World"

    2001

    Six Feet Under

    Job Applicant #1

    Episode "The New Person"

    2002

    The Drew Carey Show

    Jim

    Episode "The Dawn Patrol"

    2003

    A.U.S.A.

    Gung-Ho A.U.S.A.

    Episode "Pilot"

    2005

    Queer as Folk

    Calvin

    Episode "We Will Survive!"

    2008

    Sordid Lives: The Series

    Richie Miller

    3 episodes

    Awards and nominations[edit]

    Year

    Award

    Category

    Title

    Result

    2011

    BAFTA Awards

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    The Help

    Nominated

    Critics' Choice Movie Awards

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    Nominated

    Writers Guild of America

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    Nominated

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Hickman, Angela (August 10, 2011). "Q&A: The Help hits close to home for director Tate Taylor". National Post. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  • ^ "Tate Taylor – Awards". IMDb. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  • ^ McNary, Dave (August 27, 2018). "Tate Taylor Replaces Matthew Newton as Director of Jessica Chastain's 'Eve'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  • ^ Andreeva, Nellie; Pedersen, Erik (October 24, 2019). "Fox Midseason Premiere Dates: 'Last Man Standing', 'Flirty Dancing', 'Deputy', 'Duncanville' & More". Deadline.
  • ^ McNary, Dave (October 26, 2018). "Allison Janney, Laura Dern to Star in Tate Taylor's 'Breaking News in Yuba County'". Variety. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  • ^ Linden, Sheri (February 11, 2021). "'Breaking News in Yuba County': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  • ^ Reed, Julia (February 2, 2016). "Tate Taylor, The Help Director, Renovates an 1830s Mississippi Mansion". Architectural Digest. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  • ^ Gregory, Vanessa (August 2011). "The Help Director – Tate Taylor". Garden and Gun. Archived from the original on January 10, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  • ^ "Tour History Shows Will Continue Filming in North Carolina Despite Anti-LGBT Law". The Hollywood Reporter.
  • External links[edit]

    Films directed by Tate Taylor

  • Pretty Ugly People (2008)
  • The Help (2011)
  • Get on Up (2014)
  • The Girl on the Train (2016)
  • Ma (2019)
  • Ava (2020)
  • Breaking News in Yuba County (2021)
    • Alison Cross (1989)
  • Michael Lazarou (1990)
  • George Stevens Jr. (1991)
  • Cynthia Whitcomb (1992)
  • Gary Ross (1993)
  • Thomas Baum, Priscilla Prestwidge & Keith Pierce (1994)
  • David E. Kelley (1995)
  • Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (1996)
  • Gregory Poirier (1997)
  • Frank Military (1998)
  • Eric Roth and Michael Mann (1999)
  • Doug Wright (2000)
  • Timothy J. Sexton (2001)
  • John Wierick and Jacob Krueger (2002)
  • Jason Horwitch (2003)
  • Don Payne (2004)
  • George Clooney and Grant Heslov (2005)
  • No award (2006)
  • Robert Eisele and Jeffrey Porro (2007)
  • Dustin Lance Black (2008)
  • Anthony Peckham (2009)
  • Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth (2010)
  • Tate Taylor (2011)
  • Tony Kushner (2012)
  • Alex Gibney (2013)
  • Margaret Nagle (2014)
  • John McNamara (2015)
  • Susannah Grant (2016)
  • Liz Hannah and Josh Singer (2017)
  • Adam McKay (2018)
  • Charles Randolph (2019)
  • Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny and Keith Lucas (2020)
  • Barry Jenkins (2021)
  • Rebecca Lenkiewicz (2022)
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