Tate Taylor
Encyclopedia
Tate Taylor is an American
actor, screenwriter
, film producer and director.
He was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi
. He is a close friend of a writer Kathryn Stockett
, whom he has known since they were in preschool together in Jackson.
Taylor worked for 15 years in New York
and Los Angeles
. As of 2011 he lives on Wyolah Plantation in Mississippi.
He debuted as a feature film director in Pretty Ugly People. He also directed the film The Help
, based on Stockett's novel The Help
. She gave him rights to make the film adaptation in June 2008, before the book was published.
United States
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actor, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, film producer and director.
He was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...
. He is a close friend of a writer Kathryn Stockett
Kathryn Stockett
Kathryn Stockett is an American novelist. She is known for her 2009 debut novel, The Help, which is about African American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s.-Career:...
, whom he has known since they were in preschool together in Jackson.
Taylor worked for 15 years in New York
New York
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and Los Angeles
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. As of 2011 he lives on Wyolah Plantation in Mississippi.
He debuted as a feature film director in Pretty Ugly People. He also directed the film The Help
The Help (film)
The Help is a 2011 comedy-drama film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name. The film is about a young white woman, Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, and her relationship with two black maids during Civil Rights era America in the early 1960s...
, based on Stockett's novel The Help
The Help
The Help is an American situation comedy television series which premiered on The WB on March 5, 2004. The show was a raunchy comedy that focused on the hard-lucked life of a beauty school dropout, who now must work for the wealthy and spoiled Ridgeway family. The rest of the hired help are also...
. She gave him rights to make the film adaptation in June 2008, before the book was published.