Jim Taylor
Birth Name:
Jim Taylor
Birth Place:
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Profession
Writer, Producer, Script department, Soundtrack, Assistant director, Camera department
Fast Facts
- Graduated from Pomona College before pursuing a graduate degree from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
- Began working for the production company Cannon Group
- Began writing and directing short films while in college, including "Living Will" and "Memory Lane․"
- Quote: "I think it is true of all the characters [Alexander and I] write that there is a mixture of things․ Straight-ahead heroes are just really boring to us because they do not really exist․"
- Best known for collaborating with partner Alexander Payne, a roommate whom he met in the early 1990s
- Works in numerous genres, as he has worked on action films such as "Jurassic Park III", comedies including "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" and dramas including "Sideways" and "About Schmidt"
- Earned a sizeable amount of money on "Wheel of Fortune", using his earnings to enroll in graduate school at NYU at the age of 30
Awards
- 1996Best ScreenplayWinner
- 1999ACCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 1999BSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 1999New Generation AwardWinner
- 1999NYFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 1999SDFCS Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Winner
- 2000Oscar - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:Nominated
- 2000Chlotrudis Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2000Independent Spirit Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2000FFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2000Sierra Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Nominated
- 2000NSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2000OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Nominated
- 2000SEFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2000WGA Award (Screen) - Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:Winner
- 2001Stinker Award - Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More than $100 Million Using Hollywood Math:Nominated
- 2002Golden Schmoes - Best Screenplay of the Year:Nominated
- 2002LAFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2002NYFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2003Discover Screenwriting AwardNominated
- 2003COFCA Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Nominated
- 2003CFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2003Critics Choice Award - Best Writer:Nominated
- 2003Gold Derby Film Award - Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2003Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Winner
- 2003INOCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2003IOMA - Best Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura):Nominated
- 2003NSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2003OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Nominated
- 2003OFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2003USC Scripter AwardNominated
- 2003WGA Award (Screen) - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2004ACCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2004BSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2004CFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2004FFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2004KCFCC Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Winner
- 2004LAFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2004NBR Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2004NYFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2004PFCS Award - Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium:Winner
- 2004SDFCS Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Winner
- 2004Seattle Film Critics Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Winner
- 2004SEFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2004SLFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2004UFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2004WAFCA Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Winner
- 2005Oscar - Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2005BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted:Winner
- 2005COFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2005Chlotrudis Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2005Critics Choice Award - Best Writer:Winner
- 2005DFWFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2005Independent Spirit Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2005Gold Derby Film Award - Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2005Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Winner
- 2005INOCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2005ALFS Award - Screenwriter of the Year:Nominated
- 2005NSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2005OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Winner
- 2005OFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2005Golden Satellite Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Nominated
- 2005USC Scripter AwardNominated
- 2005WGA Award (Screen) - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2008Razzie Award - Worst Screenplay:Nominated
- 2010Gold Derby Film Award - Adapted Screenplay of the Decade:Nominated
- 2011ACCA - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2011Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Feature:Nominated
- 2012AACTA International Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2012Oscar - Best Motion Picture of the Year:Nominated
- 2012EDA Award - Best Picture:Nominated
- 2012BAFTA Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2012Independent Spirit Award - Best Feature:Nominated
- 2012OFTA Film Award - Best Picture:Nominated
- 2012PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated