Sam Taylor
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1895-08-13 (63 years old)
Deathday
1958-03-06
Place of Birth
New York City, New York
Also known As
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Sam Taylor
Biography
Sam Taylor (August 13, 1895 – March 6, 1958) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, most active in the silent film era. Taylor is best known for his comedic directorial work with Harold Lloyd and Mary Pickford, and also later worked with Laurel and Hardy. He was born in New York City. A notorious cinematic legend over the decades has suggested that Taylor's 1929 adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew had the screen credit "additional dialogue by Sam Taylor". However, no extant prints of the film contain this credit, and there is no documentary evidence that it ever existed. Taylor directed eight feature film...
Production
1922
as Story
1923
as Director
1944
as Director
1922
as Director
1924
as Director
1924
as Story
1934
as Director
1934
as Writer
1923
as Director
1925
as Director
1925
as Story
1922
as Story
1924
as Director
1924
as Story
1926
as Director
1921
as Story
1921
as Story
1917
as Story
1929
as Producer
1927
as Director
1921
as Scenario Writer
1921
as Writer
1921
as Writer
1929
as Director
1928
as Director
1926
as Director
1931
as Director
1931
as Director
1920
as Scenario Writer
1933
as Director
1921
as Writer
1929
as Dialogue
1926
as Scenario Writer
1928
as Director
1929
as Director
1935
as Director
1929
as Writer
1932
as Director
1926
as Producer
1931
as Adaptation
1930
as Director
1930
as Adaptation
1931
as Director
1923
as Writer
1923
as Writer
1935
as Producer
1921
as Writer
1929
as Screenplay
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