Michael Taylor, B.A.

Professor
Chair, Division of Film & Television Production

213.821.3113
taylor@cinema.usc.edu
LUC 404C

Michael Taylor is the Chair of Film & Television Production in the School of Cinematic Arts, and also maintains an active career as a producer of theatrical and television films. He produces within the studio system as well as in the independent film arena.  Taylor's credits include Last Embrace (1979), Bottle Rocket (1996), Phenomenon (1996), The Hi-Line (1999), Instinct (1999), The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981), Mrs. Munck (1995), and Princess of Thieves (2001) Phenomenon II (2003), The Commuters (2005), and Copying Beethoven (2006.)

Among other honors, Taylor is the recipient of The National Board of Review Award, The Fourteenth Annual Genesis Award for Outstanding Feature Film, The Santa Clarita International Film Award for best Tela-Feature, The Variety/EDI $100 Million Award, and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Taylor began his career as a Motion Picture Executive at United Artists Corporation, and served as UA's Head of European Production based in London. Among the films he supervised during that period were The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), the James Bond thriller The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), and Ken Russell's Valentino (1977). He also served as Vice President, Executive Asst. to the President of Orion Pictures Corporation, where he was involved in the financing, production, and distribution of many notable films including Easy Money, Gorky Park (1983), and Amadeus (1984).