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Taylor Johnson -
Writer/Director/Lead Actor
Fun Fact: This young filmmaker dressed up in a gorilla suit as part of hosting the 2004-2005 800 lb. Film Festival
Bio: Taylor has been fond of film since a very young age. He began making movies after one Chirstmas morning when he recieved a videocamera. He now attends The North East School of the Arts and is extremely good looking.
"Cinema, that's all I know and all I am. Just look around my room and you'll see. There is not an inch on my walls that is not covered by a movie poster, calendar, sticker, or magazine cut out. To me film is not just another form of entertainment, it is an art. The ultimate art, it is painting, dancing, writing, music, acting, and all other forms of art rolled into one and I love it. I love watching movies and escaping from reality, I love discussing movies and finding a meaning to each frame put on the screen, I love making movies and the pressure and the sleepless nights of planning, writing, and just trying to tell a story through film. I love seeing my finished product play in front of an audience and seeing what I had pictured in my mind come to life on a screen. I love the sound of applause when the end credits scroll by; the sound of hands clapping for my film is a beautiful priceless sound. To me it doesn't get any better than that. But I don't just make films to hear applause; I do it for myself. I use the art of filmmaking to express myself. Finding new and creative ways to put my feelings onto film is what it is all about. Deciding between a close up, long shot, or medium shot, developing a character, and telling a story, to me makes cinema the greatest form of art in the world. Movies have been around for over a hundred years, they have inspired millions and changed the way we look at the world and there is still so much more to be done with it. It is a constantly changing and evolving art form and I believe that I can help develop it and make it better. It's all I know and all I am."
Filmography:
- November 2004-
- March 2005-
- April 2005-
- May 2005-
- July 2005-
- Necronaut - New Line Cinema - Assistant Director, Actor, Producer
- September 2005-
- The Documentation of an Unscripted Fairy Tale
- October 2005-
- Upcoming-
- Le Voyage du Foetus
- Unipus
Awards:
- Decomposed Beauty-
- Oakland Film Festival - Finalist
- The International Student Film Festival Hollywood
- Island Film Festival - 2nd Place, Music Video
- Dallas Video Festival
- Gulf Coast Film Festival
- David's Song-
- Southwest UIL
- Oakland Film Festival
- Gulf Coast Film Festival
- Cinema Kids
- This is Keith Rolyat-
- Oakland Film Festival
- 800 lb. Film Festival
- Orinda Film Festival
- San Antonio Animation Festival
- Gulf Coast Film Festival - Best Student Film
- A Blind Blessing-
- 8 Hour Film Festival - Best in Show
- The Documentation of an Unscrpited Fairy Tale-
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