---
name: "Melinda Hsu Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/melinda-hsu-taylor"
fi1m_id: "melinda-hsu-taylor"
imdb_id: "nm1714574"
tmdb_id: 1237506
wikidata_id: "Q6812475"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T10:48:05.108655+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."
---

# Melinda Hsu Taylor

## Identity

Melinda Hsu Taylor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/melinda-hsu-taylor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** melinda-hsu-taylor
- **IMDb ID:** nm1714574
- **TMDB ID:** 1237506
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6812475
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Hsu_Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6812475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1714574/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237506

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2004–2009
- **Also known as:** Melinda Hsu
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Hsu_Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6812475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1714574/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237506

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Lost*](https://film.one/tv/lost.md) (81)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Vampire Diaries*](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Melinda Hsu Taylor is an American television writer and producer. She graduated from Harvard College and earned an MFA in Film from Columbia University. She began her career as a story analyst and staff writer before working as a writer and story editor on series including *Medium* (2005) and *Women's Murder Club* (2007).

Taylor joined the writing staff of *Lost* (2004) as a co-producer and writer for its fifth season in 2009, co-writing episodes such as "The Little Prince" and "Some Like It Hoth". The season's writing team received a Writers Guild of America nomination for best drama series. She was promoted to producer for the sixth and final season, for which she shared an Emmy Award. She also wrote for *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2008), *Falling Skies* (2011) and *Touch* (2012).

She later contributed as a writer and producer on *The Vampire Diaries* (2009) and *The Gifted* (2017). Taylor served as showrunner of *Nancy Drew* (2019), on which she also directed, and was co-creator and showrunner of *Tom Swift* (2022).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), Fi1m 71, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *Lost* (2004), Fi1m 81, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Tom Swift* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Teleplay, Creator
- *Nancy Drew* (2019), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Director
- *The Gifted* (2017), series, Writer
- *Touch* (2012), series, Writer
- *Falling Skies* (2011), series, Writer
- *The New Man in Charge* (2010), Writer
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, Writer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *Women's Murder Club* (2007), series, Writer
- *Medium* (2005), series, Writer
- *Lost* (2004), series, Writer, Co-Producer, Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)

## Gallery

- ![Melinda Hsu Taylor](https://film.one/media/person/100840/gallery-3ca77be3f222.jpg) Melinda Hsu Taylor — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Melinda_Hsu_Taylor_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Melinda_Hsu_Taylor_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Christina Kim, Bob Berens, Jill Blankenship, Melinda Hsu Taylor and Noga Landau speaking at the 2022 WonderCon, for "TV Guide Magazine’s 2022 Fan Favorites: War](https://film.one/media/person/100840/gallery-ff5fbc19e02a.jpg) Christina Kim, Bob Berens, Jill Blankenship, Melinda Hsu Taylor and Noga Landau speaking at the 2022 WonderCon, for "TV Guide Magazine’s 2022 Fan Favorites: War — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Christina_Kim%2C_Bob_Berens%2C_Jill_Blankenship%2C_Melinda_Hsu_Taylor_%26_Noga_Landau_%2851988006485%29.jpg/1280px-Christina_Kim%2C_Bob_Berens%2C_Jill_Blankenship%2C_Melinda_Hsu_Taylor_%26_Noga_Landau_%2851988006485%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Damian Holbrook, Christina Kim, Bob Berens, Jill Blankenship, Melinda Hsu Taylor and Noga Landau speaking at the 2022 WonderCon, for "TV Guide Magazine’s 2022 F](https://film.one/media/person/100840/gallery-aaa0ef6b1f0b.jpg) Damian Holbrook, Christina Kim, Bob Berens, Jill Blankenship, Melinda Hsu Taylor and Noga Landau speaking at the 2022 WonderCon, for "TV Guide Magazine’s 2022 F — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Damian_Holbrook%2C_Christina_Kim%2C_Bob_Berens%2C_Jill_Blankenship%2C_Melinda_Hsu_Taylor_%26_Noga_Landau_%2851987512768%29.jpg/1280px-Damian_Holbrook%2C_Christina_Kim%2C_Bob_Berens%2C_Jill_Blankenship%2C_Melinda_Hsu_Taylor_%26_Noga_Landau_%2851987512768%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Melinda Hsu Taylor Headshot (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/100840/gallery-07d2351350c0.jpg) Melinda Hsu Taylor Headshot (2023) — Elisa Haber., CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/FinalMelindaHsuTaylor.jpg/1280px-FinalMelindaHsuTaylor.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Melinda Hsu Taylor and Noga Landau speaking at the 2022 WonderCon, for "TV Guide Magazine’s 2022 Fan Favorites: Warner Bros. Television Showrunners Edition", at](https://film.one/media/person/100840/gallery-eac10d3796c2.jpg) Melinda Hsu Taylor and Noga Landau speaking at the 2022 WonderCon, for "TV Guide Magazine’s 2022 Fan Favorites: Warner Bros. Television Showrunners Edition", at — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Melinda_Hsu_Taylor_%26_Noga_Landau_%2851986445237%29.jpg/1280px-Melinda_Hsu_Taylor_%26_Noga_Landau_%2851986445237%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Melinda Hsu Taylor and Noga Landau speaking at the 2022 WonderCon, for "TV Guide Magazine’s 2022 Fan Favorites: Warner Bros. Television Showrunners Edition", at](https://film.one/media/person/100840/gallery-1e11f189335c.jpg) Melinda Hsu Taylor and Noga Landau speaking at the 2022 WonderCon, for "TV Guide Magazine’s 2022 Fan Favorites: Warner Bros. Television Showrunners Edition", at — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Melinda_Hsu_Taylor_%26_Noga_Landau_%2851987513413%29.jpg/1280px-Melinda_Hsu_Taylor_%26_Noga_Landau_%2851987513413%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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