Brigham Taylor
{{Short description|Film producer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Brigham Taylor
| image = Brigham Taylor in 2023.jpg
| caption = Taylor in 2023
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967}}
| birth_place = Palo Alto, California, U.S.
| occupation = Producer
| years_active = 1994–present
}}
Brigham Taylor (born 1967) is a film producer for Walt Disney Pictures. He has worked for Disney since 1994, and became a producer for the company in 2014. He co-produced the live-action films The Jungle Book and Christopher Robin.
Life and career
Brigham Taylor started his career as a volunteer at the Sundance Film Festival and the Filmmakers Lab, from which he observed filmmakers work.{{cite news |title=Disney producer Brigham Taylor shares insights into 'The Jungle Book' |url=https://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/movies/disney-producer-brigham-taylor-shares-insights-into-the-jungle-book/article_783021da-022a-578a-8180-c7153b993c92.html |accessdate=June 22, 2019}} In 1994, Taylor became a production executive for Walt Disney Pictures, a position from which he oversaw live-action films from the company such as the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise,{{cite news |title= Veteran Disney Production Executive Brigham Taylor Segues to Producing (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/veteran-disney-production-executive-brigham-669393 |accessdate=June 22, 2019}} with Taylor involving producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski into the first film. In 2003, he pitched to Disney a film titled Christopher Robin, which is based on Winnie the Pooh and focusing on a grown-up Christopher Robin reuniting with Pooh. However, since Disney was developing other Pooh projects at the time, the project wasn't green-lighted for a film.
On August 4, 2014, Taylor was promoted from production executive to producer, working exclusively for Disney's live-action projects. From his new position, Tayor acted as an executive producer on the 2015 film Tomorrowland. He also acted as a co-producer on Disney's The Jungle Book, a remake of Walt Disney's 1967 animated film of the same name, itself based on Rudyard Kipling's eponymous works. As a kid, Taylor was a fan of the original film, and thus, he and director/co-producer Jon Favreau aimed to balance Kipling's original works with the 1967 film.{{cite web|url=http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/thejunglebook/writen-material/thejunglebook56fdc80574156.pdf|title=The Jungle Book: Press Kit|website=wdsmediafile.com|publisher=The Walt Disney Studios|accessdate=March 29, 2016|archive-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626230506/http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/thejunglebook/writen-material/thejunglebook56fdc80574156.pdf|url-status=dead}} The film was met with universal acclaim, with Taylor and Favreau earning a Feature Film nomination at the British Academy Children's Awards. In 2017, Taylor executive-produced Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, the fifth entry in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/brigham_taylor/|title = Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | TV Shows | Movie Trailers | Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes| website=Rotten Tomatoes }} In 2018, Taylor produced Disney's Christopher Robin.{{cite news|first=Mike Jr. |last=Fleming|title=Disney Sets Live-Action 'Winnie The Pooh' Film; Alex Ross Perry To Write|url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/winnie-the-pooh-disney-live-action-feature-alex-ross-perry-1201392427/|accessdate=September 17, 2017|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=April 2, 2015}} Taylor was convinced to resurrect the project some time after becoming a producer by co-producer Kristin Burr.{{cite web|url=http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/ChristopherRobin/writen-material/ChristopherRobin5b5a465f530ff.pdf|title=Christopher Robin Press Kit|publisher=Walt Disney Studios|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}
Taylor produced the live-action remake of Lady and the Tramp, which was one of the first films to be released on Disney's streaming service, Disney+. Taylor is set to produce a live-action adaptation of The Sword in the Stone, which will also be released on Disney+, as well as a sequel to The Jungle Book.{{cite web |last1=N'Duka |first1=Amanda |title=Charlie Bean To Helm Disney's Live-Action 'Lady And The Tramp' Adaptation |url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/charlie-bean-disney-live-action-lady-and-the-tramp-movie-1202345900/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |accessdate=July 26, 2018 |date=March 19, 2018 |archive-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727112300/https://deadline.com/2018/03/charlie-bean-disney-live-action-lady-and-the-tramp-movie-1202345900/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |title='Sword in the Stone' Live-Action Remake in the Works With 'Game of Thrones' Writer (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sword-stone-live-action-remake-809845 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=July 31, 2018 |date=July 20, 2018}}{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jungle-book-2-works-jon-882624 | title='Jungle Book 2' in the Works With Jon Favreau, Justin Marks (Exclusive) | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=April 11, 2016 | accessdate=April 12, 2016 | first=Borys | last=Kit}} Taylor will also co-produce a sequel to The Rocketeer.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/disney-producer-talks-jungle-book-2-the-rocketeers-and-del-toros-haunted-mansion/|title='The Jungle Book' producer on talking animals, 'The Rocketeer' sequel, and Del Toro's 'Haunted Mansion'|publisher=Digital Trends|last=Marshall|first=Rick|date=April 9, 2016}} He was originally set to produce a remake of The Haunted Mansion, alongside Guillermo del Toro, but the two left the project by August 2020.{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/haunted-mansion-movie-in-the-works-with-writer-katie-dippold-exclusive | title='Haunted Mansion' Movie in the Works With Writer Katie Dippold (Exclusive) | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=August 28, 2020 | first=Borys | last=Kit}}
As of 2016, Taylor heads his own production company, "TaylorMade Productions", also known as "Taylor Made".{{cite web|url=http://mediacommons.org/imr/content/imr-exclusive-interview-disney-producer-brigham-taylor|title=An IMR Exclusive Interview with Disney Producer Brigham Taylor|publisher=Media Commons|last=Anderson|first=Sky LaRell|date=December 2, 2019}} The company helped produce The Jungle Book and Christopher Robin, and co-produced Lady and the Tramp.
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Year ! Title ! Producer ! Executive ! Notes |
| 2015
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | with John Walker, Bernard Bellew and Jeff Jensen |
| 2016
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | with Jon Favreau |
| 2017
| Pirates of the Caribbean: | {{no}} | {{yes}} | with Mike Stenson, Chad Oman, Joe Caracciolo, Jr. |
| 2018
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | with Kristin Burr |
| 2019
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
| 2020
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | with Angelina Jolie and Allison Shearmur |
| TBA
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | with David Oyelowo and Jessica Oyelowo |
Awards and nominations
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| scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Award ! scope="col"| Category ! scope="col"| Recipient(s) ! scope="col"| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| 2016
| British Academy Children's Awards | Feature Film | The Jungle Book | {{nominated}} |style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |url=http://kidscreen.com/2016/10/19/horrible-histories-truetube-lead-bafta-childrens-noms/ |title=Horrible Histories, TrueTube lead BAFTA Children's noms |last=Foster |first=Elizabeth |publisher= Kidscreen|date= October 19, 2016 |accessdate= October 23, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2016/childrens/bafta-kids-vote-film |title=2016 Children's BAFTA Kids' Vote – Film |publisher= British Academy of Film and Television Arts|date= November 21, 2016 |accessdate= December 2, 2016}} |
References
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