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name: "Jud Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jud-taylor"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "25 February 1932"
died: "6 August 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-16T15:52:24.370851+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."
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# Jud Taylor

Director. Born 25 February 1932 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 6 August 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 25 February 1932, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 6 August 2008
- **Active:** 1963–1966
- **Also known as:** Judson Taylor
- **Works often with:** Gerd Oswald, James Ballas, James Goldstone, John Erman, John Kneubuhl, John Meredyth Lucas

## Biography

Jud Taylor (also credited as Judson Taylor) was an American television director, producer and former actor. Born in New York City, he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and began his career as an actor in the late 1950s before moving into directing in the mid-1960s.

He directed episodes of numerous series, including five of *Star Trek* (1968–1969), one of *The Fugitive* (1966), and later episodes of *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*. Taylor directed more than 40 made-for-television movies, among them *Tail Gunner Joe* (1977) and *Foxfire* (1987). He served as vice president of the Directors Guild of America from 1977 to 1981 and as president from 1981 to 1983, receiving the guild’s Robert B. Aldrich Award in 2003. He was married to casting director Lynn Kressel.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Director
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), Director
- *Kung Fu: The Legend Continues* (1993), Director
- *Mannix* (1967), Director
- *License to Kill* (1986), Director

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