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John R. Taylor(I)

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  • Production Designer
  • Additional Crew
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John R Taylor is a graduate of Design at Ryerson University, Toronto, 1961. He spent many years in the visual art world: Founding Director of the Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery; Assistant to the Director, Art Gallery of Ontario; Curator of the Collection - Ontario College of Art; Director of the Art Gallery of Cobourg; Director of the Penticton Art Gallery.

Actor: In the 1980's John began his association with the film world - in the Simon Fraser University student film "One Step, Two Step Waltz". Represented for over 25 years by Murray Gibson at Characters (and latterly RED Management), John has appeared in many Lead, Supporting and Principal roles in such productions as X-Files, The Pledge, Smokin' Aces, Watchmen, Supernatural, The Killing, Stargate and more. He has worked opposite such notables as Robert DeNiro, Ellen Barkin, Henry Winkler, Diane Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard and Jack Nicholson and has worked with such Directors as Ken Russel, Zack Snyder, Zack Lipofsky, Larry Kent and Sean Penn.

John has twice been nominated for Best Actor Leo's - for lead roles in "The Grey Matter" in 2010 and "Backward Fall" in 2013. He has received two "Best Performance by a Male Actor" awards for his role in "Backward Fall": Vancouver Short Film Festival - 2013 and Vancouver Island Short Film Festival - 2014.

Production Designer: As a Production Designer John's credits include over 30 indie shorts, two features - "Dark Arc" and "Deep Evil" (Art Director) and three television series for the Comedy Network: "Skullduggery", "Suckerpunch" and "Rockpoint PD". He won a Nickel award for the feature "Dark Arc" and a Leo for the short indie film "Evirati".

Writer/Director In 2012, John wrote and directed his first short film - "Says Who?". Nominated for a screenwriting Leo, the film was screened at Festivals in BC, Pennsylvania and Italy - winning the Best Director Award, (Foreign Film Division) at the Shortini International Film Festival in Augusta, Italy in 2013
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    • 5 wins & 4 nominations

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Alec Willows in Says Who? (2012)
Says Who?
Short
  • Director(as John R Taylor)
  • 2012
Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson in Watchmen (2009)
Watchmen
7.6
  • Priest
  • 2009
Backward Fall (2013)
Backward Fall
7.6
Short
  • George
  • 2013
Jack Nicholson in The Pledge (2001)
The Pledge
6.8
  • Grey Haired Man
  • 2001

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Actor

  • I Thought the World of You (2022)
    I Thought the World of You
    • Randy
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Skipping Stones
    • Charles age 80
    • Short
    • 2020
  • The Seahorse Trainer (2019)
    The Seahorse Trainer
    • Seamour Blackmore
    • Short
    • 2019
  • C. Ernst Harth, Ron Chartier, Chilton Crane, Anthony Harrison, Ellie Harvie, Ivan Krapic, and Jacqueline Burrows in Joe Finds Grace (2017)
    Joe Finds Grace
    • Cowboy Man
    • 2017
  • Marrying the Family (2016)
    Marrying the Family
    • Grandpa
    • 2016
  • Kellie Martin in So You Said Yes (2015)
    So You Said Yes
    • Justice of the Peace
    • TV Movie
    • 2015
  • Garage Sale Mysteries (2013)
    Garage Sale Mysteries
    • Henry
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Sophie Lowe in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013)
    Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
    • Old Peddler
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Katharine Isabelle, Christine Willes, Ben Cotton, Amy Matysio, and Daniel Smith Arnold in Lawrence & Holloman (2013)
    Lawrence & Holloman
    • Chirping Man (uncredited)
    • 2013
  • Mireille Enos in The Killing (2011)
    The Killing
    • Chaplain Markum
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Backward Fall (2013)
    Backward Fall
    • George
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Gaia: The Series (2012)
    Gaia: The Series
    • Samuel Hunter
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2012
  • Anna Torv in Fringe (2008)
    Fringe
    • Winston
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Dulé Hill and James Roday Rodriguez in Psych (2006)
    Psych
    • Dr. Rudolph May
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Andy Thompson in The Provider (2011)
    The Provider
    • Dr. Applebee
    • Short
    • 2011

Production Designer

  • The Grand Gamble (2018)
    The Grand Gamble
    • Production Designer
    • Video
    • 2018
  • Mommy May (2018)
    Mommy May
    • Production Designer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • C. Ernst Harth, Ron Chartier, Chilton Crane, Anthony Harrison, Ellie Harvie, Ivan Krapic, and Jacqueline Burrows in Joe Finds Grace (2017)
    Joe Finds Grace
    • Production Designer
    • 2017
  • One with the Devil
    • Production Designer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Stupid Chainsaw Tricks
    • Production Designer
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Awkward (2008)
    Awkward
    • Production Designer
    • Short
    • 2008
  • The Critic
    • Production Designer
    • Short
    • 2006
  • Say Yes
    • Production Designer
    • Short
    • 2005
  • The Merry Ghost of Summerville
    • Production Designer
    • Short
    • 2005
  • Reflection (2004)
    Reflection
    • Production Designer
    • Short
    • 2004
  • Dark Arc (2004)
    Dark Arc
    • Production Designer
    • 2004
  • Flush
    • Production Designer (as John Taylor)
    • Short
    • 2004
  • Tom Braidwood and John R. Taylor in Tilt (2003)
    Tilt
    • Production Designer
    • Short
    • 2003
  • Casanova at Fifty (2003)
    Casanova at Fifty
    • Production Designer
    • Short
    • 2003
  • Rockpoint P.D.
    • Production Designer
    • TV Series
    • 2002

Additional Crew

  • Room 104 (2017)
    Room 104
    • voice actor (as John Taylor)
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Greece (2014)
    Greece
    • walla group member (as John R Taylor)
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Katharine Isabelle, Christine Willes, Ben Cotton, Amy Matysio, and Daniel Smith Arnold in Lawrence & Holloman (2013)
    Lawrence & Holloman
    • background performer
    • 2013
  • Say Yes
    • background: jury member
    • Short
    • 2005

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Come Dance At My Wedding

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