Comic Visionary

Tate Taylor

b. 1969Jackson, Mississippi, USAContemporary11 films

ComedyThrillerDramaCrime

Also wrote 3 screenplays ↗Also starred in films ↗

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Tate Taylor is an American filmmaker and actor. A frequent collaborator with his friends and prolific character actresses Allison Janney and Octavia Spencer, Taylor is best known for directing The Help, Get on Up, and The Girl on the Train.

Essential Films

The best of Taylor

The Help

2011

★ 8.2

8.2

The Help

2011

The Girl on the Train

2016

★ 6.4

6.4

The Girl on the Train

2016

Full Filmography

Breaking News in Yuba County

20215.9 2

Ava✦

20205.8 3

Ma✦

20195.8 4

The Girl on the Train✦

2016

As Screenwriter

Full writer page ↗

2008Pretty Ugly PeopleWriter 2011The HelpScreenplay 2003Chicken PartyWriter

As Actor

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Winter's Bone

Planet of the Apes

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

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