A redhead who hails from Kentucky, Taylor Coriell is a Black List Recommended writer, director, and award-winning filmmaker addicted to stories about the people and places that make you feel at home with yourself, through the lens of ladycentric dramedies and buddy comedies. A Black List Recommended writer, Taylor was in the Top 15% for the Nicholl Fellowship 2022, a Finalist for the Humanitas New Voices Fellowship 2022, Atlanta Film Festival's 2022 TV pilot competition & Catalyst Content Festival's 2019 Live Pitch Competition, and a Semifinalist for Script Pipeline's 2021 TV pilot competition, Screencraft’s 2022 Diverse Voices Lab, & the 2017 & 2018 Sundance New Voices Labs. She was most recently featured on The Stunt List x The Naughty List 2023! The first season of her digital series, YOU'RE THE PEST, made a highly successful run of the 2018-2019 international festival circuit, collecting awards and nominations for Best Acting, Best Ensemble, Best Writing, Best Comedy, and Best of The Fests along the way.  Taylor most recently served as the producer's assistant on S2 of Hulu's LIFE & BETH and S3 of Showtime's CITY ON A HILL, and as the director's assistant on the New Line/Picturestart feature film, SWEETHEARTS. Taylor is a member of NYWIFT, Ghetto Film Roster, The Alliance for Women in Media, and Big Vision, Empty Wallet's Kickstart Diversity incubator. Taylor also volunteers for Fair Fight Action, Hood To The Holler, and NYC Parks’ Tree Stewardship Program. On a related note, Taylor drinks a lot of coffee. On an unrelated note, Barack Obama follows her on Twitter (no, for real).