Bill Taylor

Screenwriter, Director and Story Analyst

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About Bill

Bill Taylor is a queer writer and director based in Toronto, known for emotionally resonant stories grounded in vulnerability and identity. His work explores grief, shame, queer experience, and the quiet ways people wrestle with memory and the possibility of redemption. His debut feature, Don’t Get Killed in Alaska, screened internationally, and his short Silver Road—developed under the mentorship of Oscar winner Sarah Polley—aired on CBC and MTV Logo. His scripts have placed in the Austin Film Festival, PAGE Awards, and Coverfly’s Red List Top 20. The Dogs of Instagram is his most personal work to date, and his second screenplay along with The Summer We Ran to receive a “Double Recommend” from Stage 32.

Unique traits: LGBTQ2S+

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Male

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2025-04-21

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2024-11-05

Double Recommended Screenwriter

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The Summer We Ran - Red List Top 20 and Stage 32 Double Recommend. Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama When a prank at summer camp leaves a camper fighting for his life, two troubled boys go on the run—into the wilderness, into survival mode, and into a dangerous first love that will force them to choose between freedom and doing what’s right.
Nisha's Second First Kiss Budget: $1M - $5M | Family ⋄ Comedy When a bookish thirteen-year-old learns her first kiss was accidentally wasted on the neighborhood goofball, she sets out to rewrite history with a swoony summer camp romance, only to find out that the real story might be messier, weirder and way better than anything in her favorite novel.
The Book Of Rachel Budget: $1M - $5M | Independent ⋄ Drama Rachel, a conservative preacher’s wife is determined to save her crumbling marriage after she has a brief affair with a charismatic young man who saved her life following a traumatic car accident.
The Dogs Of Instagram Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Comedy After the death of his estranged best friend and the return of an old flame, a jaded queer editor of self-help books spirals—torching his career, blowing up his relationships and facing the deeply inconvenient truth that he might still want more from life.

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Don't Get Killed In Alaska (2014)
Film by First Love Films /Bill Taylor Writer/Director Don't get killed in Alaska follows Liney (Lee-nee) a 20 year-old tomboy as she travels back to Ontario with her new boyfriend Dan after a summer of tree planting. Having lost all their money in a questionable incident, Liney agrees to ask her family for money to get them both to Alaska where they plan to spend the winter working on a fishing boat. Liney is forced to deal with her family dynamics as she meets with her estranged mother, her judgmental older brother and her silent father. Everyone has a plan for Liney, except for Liney.
The Young Prime Minister (2010)
Film (short) by Broken Frame Films/Bill Taylor Writer/Director What's a small-town 1980s single mom to do when her son decides to wear pink sneakers to school?
Silver Road (2006)
Film (short) by Broken Frame Films/Bill Taylor Writer/Director Two childhood friends say goodbye in this ode to growing up and letting go.