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!

Taylor is honored to have been in the Top 15% for the Nicholl Fellowship, a 2x Semifinalist for the Sundance New Voices Labs, and a Finalist for both the Humanitas New Voices Fellowship and the Anarchists United Writers Discovery Fellowship. Her short film, Ladylike, won Panavision's New Filmmaker Award in 2024 and premiered at the 2025 Austin Film Festival, soon after winning the Audience Choice Award for Comedy at YoFiFest, and the Excellence in Filmmaking Award at Inwood Film Fest. She also received PANO's Production Microgrant for her short film, squish, which she plans to direct Fall 2026. Her work as a producer and director has been seen on Amazon Prime, Dekkoo, SeekaTV, and in festivals all over the world.

Taylor has been fortunate to work as both a producer’s and director’s assistant on TV shows and films for Hulu, Showtime, and HBO Max. She is an active member of WIF LA and Film Independent, and volunteers for Every Day Action and Hood To The Holler.

A former figure skater, recovering opera singer, and full-time pal, Taylor would love to talk about your favorite period piece, the burgeoning film community in Kentucky, or even hear if you have a theory about why Barack Obama follows her on Twitter (yes, still).