Her work is humble and reassuring, gentle and generous ...
-Patrick Neate, Whitbread Award-winning author of 12 Bar Blues
Heather Taylor maps an image-rich world with a voice that is fresh, tough & hard to ignore. This is strong, brazen writing that lives on & off the page.
-Todd Swift
A glint-in-your eye-crack-me-up in the vein of Jan Arden meets Joni Mitchell.
-John Stiles, Writers on Writing
PAY TO STAY (HORROR SHORT)
WRITER/ DIRECTOR
Press: Heather Taylor on Crowdfunding for Pay to Stay and the Importance of Onscreen Diversity | NYWIFT
Press: REWRITING AS A DIRECTOR: How to Tackle the 2nd Version of Your Film | Script Magazine
Press: Crowdfunding for the Very First Time | The FilmmakeHers
Stitched (Horror Short)
Writer/ Director
Award: Best Director & Best Cinematographer, MAC Underground Festival
Award: Award of Excellence, Canada Shorts Festival
Award: Best Dramatic Writing, Blackbird Film Festival
Screening: Alameda International Film Festival | Alameda, California, USA
Screening: MAC Underground Festival | Manaus, Brazil
Screening: HorrorQuest | Georgia, USA
Screening: Brooklyn Horror Film Festival | Brooklyn, NY, USA
Screening: Upstate New York Horror Festival | Rochester, NY, USA
Screening: Florida Horror Film Festival | Tampa, Florida, USA
Screening: VideoDrunk | Toronto, ON, Canada
Screening: Indieworks | Queens, NY, USA
Screening: Shorts on Tap | London, England, UK
Screening: New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival | Woodbridge Township, NJ, USA
Screening: Calgary Horror Con | Calgary, AB, Canada
Screening: Exit 6 Film Festival | Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK
Screening: Lighthouse International Film Festival | Beach Haven, NJ, USA
Screening: Horrible Imaginings Film Festival | San Diego, CA, USA
Screening: Katra Film Series | Brooklyn, NY, USA
Screening: Trenton Film Festival | Trenton, NY, USA
Screening: Blackbird Film Festival | Cortland, NY, USA
Screening: Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival | New York, NY, USA
Screening: 8th Annual Queens World Film Festival | Queens, NY, USA
Screening: Tally Shorts Film Festival | Tallahassee, FL, USA
Screening: Etheria Film Night - Short Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, and Thrillers directed by women | Various, USA
Screening: The Northwest Horrorshow | Vancouver, BC, USA
Screening: Post Mortem | Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
Screening: Final Girls Berlin Women in Horror Film Festival | Berlin, Germany
Screening: Fantasturka Turkish Fantastic and Horror Film Festival | Ankara, Turkey
Q&A: IndieWorks: Insider Series Year 4 | CongestedCat Productions
Press: Stitched Tackles the Bond Between Sisters | Splats of Blood
Press: 20 Cool Things seen at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival | Bloody Disgusting
Press: Locals Only: Shorts by Brooklyn Filmmakers | Cinema Crazed
Press: Queens World Festival Preview | FilmFest Salon
Press: #CreateYourOwnWork: 5 Questions with Heather Taylor | Nicola Rose
The Last Thakur (Narrative Feature)
Writer
Screening: London Film Festival Premiere | London, UK
Screening: Dubai International Film Festival | Dubai, UAE
Screening: Solothurn Film Festival | Solothurn, Switzerland
Screening: Mumbai International Film Festival | Mumbai, India
Screening: Munich Film Festival | Munich, Germany
Screening: Granada Film Festival | Granada, Spain
Screening: Durban International Film Festival | Durban, South Africa
Screening: South Asian International Film Festival | New York, NY
Screening: Films from the South | Oslo, Sweden
Screening: Edmonton International Film Festival | Edmonton, AB, Canada
Press: The Last Thakur, review | Review | Telegraph
When the Lights Went Out (Interactive Documentary)
Director
Screening: Social Media Week | New York, NY
Screening: New Media Day: Bushwick Film Festival | Lightspace Studios | Brooklyn, NY
The Last Job (Narrative Short)
Writer
Screening: The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival | France
Screening: Canada International Film Festival | Vancouver, BC, Canada
Screening: The Streaming Festival | Online
Raptured (New Media Sci-Fi Series)
Writer/ Director
Screening: Big Screen, Little Screen | Hayden 5 Media | New York, NY
Screening: Launch Party | The Driver | London, UK
Screening: Braine Hownd Short Film Night | The Hideaway Bar | London, UK
Screening: Feast on Film | Moors Bar | London, UK
Screening: MCM Comic Con | ExCel Center | London, UK
Festival: Social Media & New Media panel discussion | London Screenwriters Festival | London, UK
Event: Discussion on creating a Sci-fi Web series | Transmedia London 5 | BAFTA | London, UK
Press: New Web Series: Raptured | Listing | Slebisodes Web Series Guide
Press: Raptured \ Episode 1.1 | Review | Thoroughly Good blog
Press: Doomsday countdown, day three: The Amazing Criswell and the Denver goo | Preview |
Press: TechfluffTV joins the launch of the online web series Raptured | Review | Techfluff.tv
Press: Raptured Captured: the making of a web series | Podcast | Off the Wall Post
Press: Best of YouTube Live | Video | Those Video Guys
Wild West Dream (Documentary Short)
Director
Screening: Atlantic Film Festival | Halifax, NS, Canada
Screening: Edmonton International Film Festival | Edmonton, AB, Canada
Press: Heather Taylor returns to E-Town for EIFF | Interview | The Gateway
Press: Hometown advantage | Interview | The Edmonton Journal
#TheDayItStarted (Narrative Short)
Writer/ Director
Screening: The Filmshop Presents: Really Bad Ideas | The Knitting Factory | New York, NY
Home Baked Stories (New Media Doc Series)
Director
Screening: Big Screen, Little Screen | Hayden 5 Media | New York, NY
Sounds of Us (Narrative Short)
Director
Screening: Museum of Broken Relationships | Tristen Bates Theatre | London, UK
The Turner Plays: Overthrow the Dead & The Dying (Short Play)
Writer
Review: The Turner Plays At Camden Fringe | Review | Londonist
Hostage/ Bleach/ Burn (Monologue Series)
Writer
London Theatre Guide Review of Hostage/ Bleach/ Burn | Review | London Theatre Guide
Metaroar review : Hostage/ Bleach/ Burn | Review | Metaroar
Londonist Review: Hostage/ Bleach / Burn | Review | Londonist
Publication Reviews
Accents on Words : Lewisham Library | Review | Edit Red
Taylor-Made: Horizon & Back | Review | Personal blog
Stand up for your Writes | Comment | Metro
Writers on Writing: Heather Taylor | Interview |
Wolf Review: She Never Talks of Strangers | Review | The Wolf, Issue 6
Peak Review: Skidrow theatre | Review | The Peak
FFWD: Theatre | Interview | FFWD Weekly
Other Festivals & Events featuring Heather Taylor:
Branding With Vine and Instagram | The 7th Chamber | New York, NY
The Magic of Multiple Mediums: Transmedia Storytelling Across Platforms | YouSayToo at Blog World | New York, NY
Interview skills for video making | Media Camp London 4 | London, UK
Articles & Press featuring Heather Taylor:
A New Landscape: Filmmaking in the Post-Truth Era | Script Magazine
SXSW Adventures | Blog | Imperica
Witnessing Creation | Review | Thoroughly Good Blog
How the riot recovery brought communities together | Article | Channel 4 news
The London riots clean-up | Blog | JustGiving
Online fundraising initiatives spring up in wake of riots | News | Civil Society
Battersea community rallies together after riots near Clapham Junction | News |Wandsworth Guardian
After Violence, Community Emerges… For Now | Blog | OneWorld
Heroes in the tweets | Blog | Plugged In
The revolution will be tweeted | Blog | Sam I Am
BBC volunteer leads Clapham clean up | Blog | Ariel (BBC)
Battersea businesses begin to assess riot damage | News | Wandsworth Guardian
England riots from the scene | News | BBC
Communities rally for riot clean-up | News | Channel 4
Riot clean-up brings 400 volunteers to Clapham Junction | News | BBC
London Riots: Social Media Mobilizes Riot Cleanup | Blog | Mashable
Q&A: RiotRemedy founder, Heather Taylor, talks community management | Interview | Immediate Future
Riots: The Big Cleanup | Interview | ITV’s Daybreak
Wandsworth Civic Awards | Blog | Wandsworth Council
London riots ‘unlikely’ heroes awarded | News | SW Londoner
Six of the best are honoured as riot champions | News | This is London