Her work is humble and reassuring, gentle and generous ...
-Patrick Neate, Whitbread Award-winning author of 12 Bar Blues

Heather Taylor maps an image-rich world with a voice that is fresh, tough & hard to ignore. This is strong, brazen writing that lives on & off the page.  
-Todd Swift

A glint-in-your eye-crack-me-up in the vein of Jan Arden meets Joni Mitchell.
-John Stiles, Writers on Writing

PAY TO STAY (HORROR SHORT)
WRITER/ DIRECTOR

Stitched (Horror Short)
Writer/ Director

  • Award: Best Director & Best Cinematographer, MAC Underground Festival

  • Award: Award of Excellence, Canada Shorts Festival

  • Award: Best Dramatic Writing, Blackbird Film Festival

  • Screening: Alameda International Film Festival | Alameda, California, USA

  • Screening: MAC Underground Festival | Manaus, Brazil

  • Screening: HorrorQuest | Georgia, USA

  • Screening: Brooklyn Horror Film Festival | Brooklyn, NY, USA

  • Screening: Upstate New York Horror Festival | Rochester, NY, USA

  • Screening: Florida Horror Film Festival | Tampa, Florida, USA

  • Screening: VideoDrunk | Toronto, ON, Canada

  • Screening: Indieworks | Queens, NY, USA

  • Screening: Shorts on Tap | London, England, UK

  • Screening: New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival | Woodbridge Township, NJ, USA

  • Screening: Calgary Horror Con | Calgary, AB, Canada

  • Screening: Exit 6 Film Festival | Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK

  • Screening: Lighthouse International Film Festival | Beach Haven, NJ, USA

  • Screening: Horrible Imaginings Film Festival | San Diego, CA, USA

  • Screening: Katra Film Series | Brooklyn, NY, USA

  • Screening: Trenton Film Festival | Trenton, NY, USA

  • Screening: Blackbird Film Festival | Cortland, NY, USA

  • Screening: Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival | New York, NY, USA

  • Screening: 8th Annual Queens World Film Festival | Queens, NY, USA

  • Screening: Tally Shorts Film Festival | Tallahassee, FL, USA

  • Screening: Etheria Film Night - Short Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, and Thrillers directed by women | Various, USA

  • Screening: The Northwest Horrorshow | Vancouver, BC, USA

  • Screening: Post Mortem | Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes

  • Screening: Final Girls Berlin Women in Horror Film Festival | Berlin, Germany

  • Screening: Fantasturka Turkish Fantastic and Horror Film Festival | Ankara, Turkey

  • Q&A: IndieWorks: Insider Series Year 4 | CongestedCat Productions

  • Press: Stitched Tackles the Bond Between Sisters | Splats of Blood

  • Press: 20 Cool Things seen at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival | Bloody Disgusting

  • Press: Locals Only: Shorts by Brooklyn Filmmakers | Cinema Crazed

  • Press: Queens World Festival Preview | FilmFest Salon

  • Press: #CreateYourOwnWork: 5 Questions with Heather Taylor | Nicola Rose

The Last Thakur (Narrative Feature)
Writer

  • Screening: London Film Festival Premiere | London, UK

  • Screening: Dubai International Film Festival | Dubai, UAE

  • Screening: Solothurn Film Festival | Solothurn, Switzerland

  • Screening: Mumbai International Film Festival | Mumbai, India

  • Screening: Munich Film Festival | Munich, Germany

  • Screening: Granada Film Festival | Granada, Spain

  • Screening: Durban International Film Festival | Durban, South Africa

  • Screening: South Asian International Film Festival | New York, NY

  • Screening: Films from the South | Oslo, Sweden

  • Screening: Edmonton International Film Festival | Edmonton, AB, Canada

  • Press: The Last Thakur, review | Review | Telegraph

When the Lights Went Out (Interactive Documentary)
Director

The Last Job (Narrative Short)
Writer

  • Screening: The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival | France

  • Screening: Canada International Film Festival | Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Screening: The Streaming Festival | Online

Raptured (New Media Sci-Fi Series)
Writer/ Director

  • Screening: Big Screen, Little Screen | Hayden 5 Media | New York, NY

  • Screening: Launch Party | The Driver | London, UK

  • Screening: Braine Hownd Short Film Night | The Hideaway Bar | London, UK

  • Screening: Feast on Film | Moors Bar | London, UK

  • Screening: MCM Comic Con | ExCel Center | London, UK

  • Festival: Social Media & New Media panel discussion | London Screenwriters Festival | London, UK

  • Event: Discussion on creating a Sci-fi Web series | Transmedia London 5 | BAFTA | London, UK

  • Press: New Web Series: Raptured | Listing | Slebisodes Web Series Guide

  • Press: Raptured \ Episode 1.1 | Review | Thoroughly Good blog

  • Press: Doomsday countdown, day three: The Amazing Criswell and the Denver goo | Preview |

  • Press: TechfluffTV joins the launch of the online web series Raptured | Review | Techfluff.tv

  • Press: Raptured Captured: the making of a web series | Podcast | Off the Wall Post

  • Press: Best of YouTube Live | Video | Those Video Guys

Wild West Dream (Documentary Short)
Director

#TheDayItStarted (Narrative Short)
Writer/ Director

Home Baked Stories (New Media Doc Series)
Director

  • Screening: Big Screen, Little Screen | Hayden 5 Media | New York, NY

Sounds of Us (Narrative Short)
Director

The Turner Plays: Overthrow the Dead & The Dying (Short Play)
Writer

  • Review: The Turner Plays At Camden Fringe | Review | Londonist

Hostage/ Bleach/ Burn (Monologue Series)
Writer

  • London Theatre Guide Review of Hostage/ Bleach/ Burn | Review | London Theatre Guide

  • Metaroar review : Hostage/ Bleach/ Burn | Review | Metaroar

  • Londonist Review: Hostage/ Bleach / Burn | Review | Londonist

Publication Reviews

  • Accents on Words : Lewisham Library | Review | Edit Red

  • Taylor-Made: Horizon & Back | Review | Personal blog

  • Stand up for your Writes | Comment | Metro

  • Writers on Writing: Heather Taylor | Interview |

  • Wolf Review: She Never Talks of Strangers | Review | The Wolf, Issue 6

  • Peak Review: Skidrow theatre | Review | The Peak

  • FFWD: Theatre | Interview | FFWD Weekly

Other Festivals & Events featuring Heather Taylor: 

  • Branding With Vine and Instagram | The 7th Chamber | New York, NY

  • The Magic of Multiple Mediums: Transmedia Storytelling Across Platforms | YouSayToo at Blog World | New York, NY

  • Interview skills for video making | Media Camp London 4 | London, UK

Articles & Press featuring Heather Taylor: