A redhead who hails from Kentucky, Taylor Coriell is a bicoastal writer & director with an affinity for character-driven, ladycentric stories about belonging and the search for "home", especially period pieces, ensemble shows, and/or anything featuring Southern folks!

A Black List Recommended writer, she has been honored to be in the Top 15% for the Nicholl Fellowship, a 2x Semifinalist for the Sundance New Voices Labs, a Finalist for the Humanitas New Voices Fellowship, and a 2025 AFF Second Rounder. In 2024, Taylor won Panavision's New Filmmaker Award for her short film, Ladylike, which will premiere at the 2025 Austin Film Festival, and PANO's Production Microgrant for her short film, squish. Her work as a director & producer has been seen on Amazon Prime, Dekkoo, SeekaTV, and in festivals all over the world.

Taylor is a member of PANO, Film Independent, and Ghetto Film Roster. Taylor also volunteers for Fair Fight Action, Hood To The Holler, Mutual Aid LA, and Eastern KY Mutual Aid.

A former figure skater, recovering opera singer, and full-time pal, Taylor would love to talk about your favorite period piece, whether or not LA can one day provide her with a *actual* bagel, or even hear if you have a theory about why Barack Obama follows her on Twitter (yes, still).