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Jim Taylor

Writing · follow into films and chains

Biography

Jim Taylor was born in 1962 in Bellevue, Washington, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Election (1999), Sideways (2004) and About Schmidt (2002). He has been married to Tamara Jenkins since 2002. They have one child.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Election

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Downsizing

Screenplay

The Descendants

Producer

Sideways

Screenplay

About Schmidt

Screenplay

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Imperfect Pedagogues: Teachers in the Grey

From the cracked idealism of Half Nelson to the bureaucratic despair of The Teacher, a chain of films where educators are as flawed as the systems they serve.

7 films

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