---
name: "Jim Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-taylor"
fi1m_id: "jim-taylor"
imdb_id: "nm0852591"
tmdb_id: 4948
wikidata_id: "Q1335583"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-25T00:34:37.700472+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jim Taylor

## Identity

Jim Taylor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-taylor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-taylor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0852591
- **TMDB ID:** 4948
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1335583
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Taylor_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1335583, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852591/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4948

Writer and producer. Born 1 January 1962 in Seattle, Washington, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1962, Seattle, Washington, USA
- **Active:** 1999–2018
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 6 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Alexander Payne](https://film.one/person/alexander-payne.md), [Albert Berger](https://film.one/person/albert-berger.md), [Jim Burke](https://film.one/person/jim-burke.md), [Ron Yerxa](https://film.one/person/ron-yerxa.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as writer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (1), 2000s 74 (3), 2010s 70 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 69 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Drama 5, Romance 2, Science Fiction 2, Action 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $654m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Taylor_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1335583, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852591/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4948

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Election*](https://film.one/film/election.md) (86)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*About Schmidt*](https://film.one/film/about-schmidt.md) (77)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Juliet, Naked*](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md) (70)
- **Apple TV:** [*Downsizing*](https://film.one/film/downsizing.md) (60)
- **AMC+:** [*Jurassic Park III*](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park-iii.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jim Taylor is an American screenwriter and producer. He has frequently collaborated with director Alexander Payne, co-writing the screenplays for *Citizen Ruth* (1996), *Election* (1999), *About Schmidt* (2002), *Sideways* (2004) and *I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry* (2007). He also contributed to the screenplay for *Jurassic Park III* (2001) and later wrote *Downsizing* (2017) and *Juliet, Naked* (2018).

Taylor was born in 1962 in Seattle, Washington. He studied at Pomona College and earned an MFA from New York University. He began working in the film industry in the late 1980s and has received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (shared with Payne) for *Sideways*, along with other nominations and awards for his screenwriting and producing work.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Wrote (6) — the average rests on these

- *Juliet, Naked* (2018), Fi1m 70, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md)
- *Downsizing* (2017), Fi1m 60, Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/downsizing.md)
- *Sideways* (2004), Fi1m 86, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/sideways.md)
- *About Schmidt* (2002), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/about-schmidt.md)
- *Jurassic Park III* (2001), Fi1m 58, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park-iii.md)
- *Election* (1999), Fi1m 86, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/election.md)

### Produced (1)

- *The Descendants* (2011), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-descendants.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Juliet, Naked* (2018), Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md)
- *Downsizing* (2017), Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/downsizing.md)
- *Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter* (2014), Executive Producer
- *The Descendants* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-descendants.md)
- *Cedar Rapids* (2011), Producer
- *The Savages* (2007), Executive Producer
- *I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry* (2007), Screenplay
- *Sideways* (2004), Screenplay — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/sideways.md)
- *About Schmidt* (2002), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/about-schmidt.md)
- *Jurassic Park III* (2001), Writer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park-iii.md)
- *Election* (1999), Screenplay — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/election.md)
- *Citizen Ruth* (1996), Screenplay
- *Inside Out* (1991), Writer
- *Curious George*, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 2012: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Descendants*
- 2005: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Sideways*
- 2000: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Election*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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