A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Kelsey Taylor was raised in the wild of Eastern Washington and moved to Los Angeles to attend Loyola Marymount University where she graduated Cum Laude from the school’s honors program, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Film Production and minors in both Film Studies and Music. She began her entertainment career as a cinematographer and camera assistant, which led to an intimate understanding of how to capture images. She soon transitioned into directing and has since built a diverse portfolio of both commercial and narrative work and is a member of the DGA. Kelsey’s short ALIEN: SPECIMEN, which expanded upon the universe of Ridley Scott’s seminal classic ALIEN expanded, was made as part of a joint initiative between 20th Century Fox and Tongal and has more than 5 million views. In the fall of 2018, Kelsey’s debut feature screenplay A LONG WAY HOME (retitled TO KILL A WOLF) was honored as Quarterfinalist in the prestigious Academy Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting Competition. Her script THE BAD THINGS is currently a semi finalist in the same competition. AdAge ranked Kelsey’s “Make It One To Remember” Holiday spot for PayPal #2 of 2020’s top 10 Holiday Ads. In contrast to this heartwarming story of a young ballerina and her father connecting , Kelsey also completed a sass meets style comedic campaign for up and coming brand, Kenzzi— at home laser hair removal that works. This work won her a Bronze in the L.A. Addy Awards. Her other commercial endeavors include such brands as Volkswagen, eBay, American Express, and Proctor & Gamble.
Co-Producer:
2018 The Escape of Prisoner 614
Director:
2018 The Escape of Prisoner 614
2019 Alien: Specimen
2023 Alone in Tombstone
2024 To Kill a Wolf
Editor:
2018 The Escape of Prisoner 614
2019 Alien: Specimen
2023 Alone in Tombstone
2024 To Kill a Wolf
First Assistant Camera:
2012 Damascus Road
2018 The Escape of Prisoner 614
2019 Alien: Specimen
2023 Alone in Tombstone
2024 To Kill a Wolf
Producer:
2012 Damascus Road
2016 Vilt Gutt
2018 The Escape of Prisoner 614
2019 Alien: Specimen
2023 Alone in Tombstone
2024 To Kill a Wolf
Screenplay:
2012 Damascus Road
2016 Vilt Gutt
2018 The Escape of Prisoner 614
2019 Alien: Specimen
2023 Alone in Tombstone
2024 To Kill a Wolf
Second Unit Director:
2012 Damascus Road
2016 Vilt Gutt
2018 The Escape of Prisoner 614
2019 Alien: Specimen
2022 High Heat
2023 Alone in Tombstone
2024 To Kill a Wolf
Writer:
2012 Damascus Road
2016 Vilt Gutt
2018 The Escape of Prisoner 614
2019 Alien: Specimen
2022 High Heat
2023 Alone in Tombstone
2024 To Kill a Wolf
Assistant Camera:
2014 Frankenstein, MD
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While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.