Richard John Taylor

Richard John Taylor

Richard John Taylor (born 15 June 1985) is a British filmmaker.

Career

In 2011, Taylor formed Princess Films with the stated goal of producing "hard hitting and thought provoking" documentaries. His first film was I Want To Talk About It,[1]a documentary looking at the effects of rape, fronted by actress Louisa Lytton.

In 2012 the company moved on to feature films, the first being Fifteen starring Nicholas Ball. He later wrote and directed Acceptance[2][3] with Billy Murray, Leslie Grantham, Crissy Rock and Chris Langham.[4]

He worked with Grantham on two more films, a short entitled Leslie[5] in which Grantham plays a fictionalised version of himself and the feature The Factory[6] which was loosely inspired by the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the life of the actor Gene Wilder. Langham also makes an appearance in The Factory as the lead characters family doctor.

In March 2014, Simon Hattenstone wrote an article in The Guardian, accusing Taylor of having falsified claims in regards to his business associates and defrauded investors. According to the article, Taylor claimed to work for the BBC as chief editor for the television show EastEnders but in fact never worked on the production. The article concludes by stating the accusations were not pursued or upheld legally.

In August 2017, Taylor was interviewed by London Post, where he announced he had formed a new production company that was in production on a horror film as well as having several other projects in development including a limited series and a feature length documentary.[7]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3020808/
  2. ↑ http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2012/10/29/film-review-acceptance/
  3. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2793072/
  4. ↑ Atwal, Kay (25 November 2012). "Rape documentary maker shares his thoughts on new movie". Newham Recorder. Newham. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  5. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3030856/
  6. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3016948/
  7. ↑ http://london-post.co.uk/exclusive-a-candid-sit-down-with-filmmaker-richard-john-taylor/
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