Smart mid budget prestige dramas, international thrillers, contemporary comedies, grounded sci-fi, true crime, A-24/Neon writer/director driven features, smart limited series for cable/streamers.
Not looking for low budget features in the 1M-2M range. Focused on 5M-30M features.
Westerns, early American historical dramas, faith based.
Christian Taylor is an independent producer and founder of Taylor Lane Productions.
Taylor Lane develops, packages, and arranges financing for feature films and television with a focus on filmmaker-driven, commercially minded stories for global audiences.
Christian has spent over a decade in the entertainment industry, working in talent and literary management at Industry Entertainment and Lighthouse Entertainment and in development at Imagine Entertainment.
Recent credits include the supernatural thriller DREAMKATCHER (2020 - Lionsgate) written by Dan V. Shea, directed by Kerry Harris and starring Radha Mitchell, Henry Thomas and Lin Shaye, MEASURE OF A MAN (2018 - Lionsgate) written by David Scearce (A Single Man), directed by Jim Loach and starring Donald Sutherland, Judy Greer, Luke Wilson, Blake Cooper and Liana Liberato and HICK (2012 - Phase 4 Films) written by Andrea Portes, directed by Derick Martini and starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne, Blake Lively, Alec Baldwin and Juliette Lewis.
Taylor's upcoming slate includes the biographical drama THE SPECIES with Justin Chadwick (Tulip Fever) attached to direct, the Kubrick/Clarke biographical drama ODYSSEY with Andrew Levitas attached to direct, the horror comedy LITTLE INDIA by Raj Balu, which is set up at Village Roadshow Pictures and the apocalyptic thriller BEFORE I'M GONE with Will Niava attached to direct.
TV projects in development include CRYPTO, WY by Alexandra Tran and the UNTITLED KARLA TURNER PROJECT(based on her books), a grounded sci-fi drama by Michael Kogge Taylor is packaging with WME.
Taylor's films have screened at premiere film festivals around the world, including the Toronto International Film Festival, the Rome Film Festival Alice nella Citta, Zlín Film Festival (2019 Best Youth Performance Award for Blake Cooper) and the International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino in Poland.
Private Month Mentorship
Each month mentorship kicks off with a preliminary 15-min. call to set expectations and lay out strategy for the month. Writer will have email access to the executive plus 4x one-hour consultations with the exec. Exec will read up to 4 scripts in one month (different drafts of the same script or 4 different scripts) and conduct 4x one-hour story notes calls. Calls can also include feedback on your pitch, branding, or career strategy.
If you pay with the deposit/payment plan, your second half will be due the 2nd week of the Mentorship. If you need a different type of payment plan, email dorian@roadmapwriters.com.
What To Expect
After registering, you will receive an automatic Order Confirmation email. Then Roadmap's Director of Consultations, Terra Joy, will get your mentor looped in with you! If you do not hear from Terra or the exec within 3 days of registering, feel free to email terra@roadmapwriters.com for an update.
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