John Taylor

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-10-05 (78 years old)

Deathday

1992-09-15

Place of Birth

Kentish Town, London, England, UK

John Taylor

Biography

John Elston Taylor (5 October 1914 – 15 September 1992) was a British documentary filmmaker. Born in Kentish Town, London, on 5 October 1914, John Taylor had originally set his sights on a career in carpentry; however, shortly after finishing school he was offered a job by his sister's husband, documentary filmmaker John Grierson. Taylor started work as a film assistant at the Empire Marketing Board and in the years that followed he tried his hand at such jobs as camera operator, assistant director and production assistant. Along with working on Grierson's works, Taylor also had the fortune of working alongside some of his colleagues, such ...

Production

1933

Cable Ship

as Director of Photography

1934

Air Post

as Director of Photography

1934

1937

Air Outpost

as Director of Photography

1929

Drifters

as Production Assistant

1957

Holiday

as Director

1937

Air Outpost

as Director

1945

French Town...

as Producer

1942

A Seaman's Story

as Director

1942

Dustbin Parade

as Producer

1952

1965

Rail Report 5

as Director

1936

Message from Genova

as Director of Photography

1959

An Artist Looks at Churches

as Director of Photography

1935

Housing Problems

as Director of Photography

1940

1940

They Also Serve

as Producer

1964

1965

Wild Wings

as Director

1957

Lancashire Coast

as Director

1952

1952

1937

The Smoke Menace

as Director

1942

Newspaper Train

as Producer

1934

The Song of Ceylon

as Assistant Director

1963

The Port of Hull

as Director

1963

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