---
name: "Taylor Sheridan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/taylor-sheridan"
fi1m_id: "taylor-sheridan"
imdb_id: "nm0792263"
tmdb_id: 1215399
wikidata_id: "Q24335412"
roles: ["Writer","Director","Producer"]
born: "21 May 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-21T04:28:04.359657+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."
---

# Taylor Sheridan

## Identity

Taylor Sheridan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/taylor-sheridan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** taylor-sheridan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0792263
- **TMDB ID:** 1215399
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24335412
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Sheridan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24335412, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792263/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215399

Writer and director. Born 21 May 1970 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director, Producer
- **Born:** 21 May 1970, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Also known as:** Tayler Sheridan, Sheridan Taylor Gibler Jr., Taylor Gibler
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 1 acting, 1 directing, 5 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Ben Richardson](https://film.one/person/ben-richardson.md), [Guy Ferland](https://film.one/person/guy-ferland.md), [Rajeev Malhotra](https://film.one/person/rajeev-malhotra.md), [Stephen Kay](https://film.one/person/stephen-kay.md), [Christina Alexandra Voros](https://film.one/person/christina-alexandra-voros.md), [Jon Bernthal](https://film.one/person/jon-bernthal.md), [Dave Erickson](https://film.one/person/dave-erickson.md), [Gil Birmingham](https://film.one/person/gil-birmingham.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 61, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (3), 2020s 57 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 65 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 2, Western 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $85m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Sheridan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24335412, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792263/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215399

## Coming up

- *F.A.S.T.* (2027-05-12), Writer
- *Call of Duty* (2028-06-28), Writer
- *Frisco King*, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/frisco-king.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Hell or High Water*](https://film.one/film/hell-or-high-water.md) (84), [*Sicario*](https://film.one/film/sicario.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*1923*](https://film.one/tv/1923.md) (73), [*The Madison*](https://film.one/tv/the-madison.md) (54)
- **Netflix:** [*Wind River*](https://film.one/film/wind-river.md) (76)

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

## Fi1m on Taylor Sheridan

> Taylor Sheridan writes terse exchanges well, especially between older people who know one another. We are less persuaded when he makes a capable character seem foolish, or turns a whole city into something to dislike.

In *The Madison* (2026), Michelle Pfeiffer lets Stacy Clyburn’s hands and breathing reveal the grief she is trying to contain. Her scenes with Kurt Russell’s Preston have the ease of people who can leave sentences unfinished. Sheridan writes these exchanges naturally, without making either person explain a feeling the other already understands. We were moved by Pfeiffer’s restraint, because she makes the effort of carrying on visible when the script gives her so little to say.

That economy runs through his frontier writing, from the screenplay for *Sicario* (2015) to *Hell or High Water* (2016) and *Wind River* (2017), which he also directed. He favours simple plots and lets speech reveal feelings rather than supply background. He expanded into series creation with *Yellowstone* (2018), followed by the prequel *1883* (2021). The six episodes of *The Madison* suggest that he can leave out too much: there is a difference between keeping dialogue spare and giving actors too little to work with.

In Denis Villeneuve’s *Sicario*, the writing’s limitations matter without undoing an unnerving thriller. Emily Blunt’s Kate Macer remains a credible, capable FBI agent even when Sheridan relies too often on her being surprised by her colleagues’ conduct. Her questions make sense; the innocence the screenplay requires of her does not always do so. Blunt gives those reactions enough weight that we keep worrying about her, rather than merely waiting for someone to explain what is happening.

Back in *The Madison*, Christina Alexandra Voros, who directs and photographs, holds on Pfeiffer and gives the landscape long, unhurried shots. Those choices suit a drama about mourning, but by the third episode there is too little story to sustain them. The New York passages are worse: Sheridan writes the city as uniformly unpleasant. Its inhabitants become reasons to dislike the place, and their sourness intrudes on the family’s grief. We would start with *Sicario* and leave *The Madison* to those willing to spend six episodes chiefly for Pfeiffer and Russell.

## Biography

Taylor Sheridan is an American writer, producer and director. He wrote the screenplays for the films *Sicario* (2015) and *Hell or High Water* (2016). He created and wrote the Paramount+ series *The Madison* (2026).

Sheridan is also known for writing and directing *Wind River* (2017) and for creating the television series *Yellowstone* (2018) and its prequels *1883* (2021) and *1923* (2022). He has written or co-written further series including *Tulsa King* (2022), *Lioness* (2023) and *Landman*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Performed in (1)

- *Hell or High Water* (2016), Fi1m 84, as Cowboy — [page](https://film.one/film/hell-or-high-water.md)

### Directed (1)

- *Wind River* (2017), Fi1m 76, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/wind-river.md)

### Wrote (5) — the average rests on these

- *Dutton Ranch* (2026), Fi1m 56, Executive Producer, Characters — [page](https://film.one/tv/dutton-ranch.md)
- *Marshals* (2026), Fi1m 44, Characters, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/marshals.md)
- *The Madison* (2026), Fi1m 54, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-madison.md)
- *1923* (2022), Fi1m 73, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/1923.md)
- *Sicario* (2015), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/sicario.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *Call of Duty* (2028), Writer, Producer
- *F.A.S.T.* (2027), Writer, Producer
- *Dutton Ranch* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Characters — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/dutton-ranch.md)
- *The Madison* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-madison.md)
- *Marshals* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Characters — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/tv/marshals.md)
- *5-Star* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Landman* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
- *You Gotta Believe* (2024), Thanks
- *Willie Nelson & Family* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Lawmen: Bass Reeves* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Finestkind* (2023), Producer
- *Lioness* (2023), series, as Cody Spears · Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Second Unit Director, Story, Teleplay, Creator
- *1923* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/1923.md)
- *Tulsa King* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Story, Creator
- *Pure Grit* (2022), Executive Producer
- *1883: The Road West* (2022), Executive Producer
- *1883* (2021), series, as Charles Goodnight · Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Creator
- *Mayor of Kingstown* (2021), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Director, Teleplay, Story, Creator
- *Those Who Wish Me Dead* (2021), Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Tom Clancy's Without Remorse* (2021), Screenstory, Screenplay
- *The Mustang* (2019), Thanks
- *Sicario: Day of the Soldado* (2018), Writer
- *Yellowstone* (2018), series, as Travis Wheatley · Director, Story, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *12 Strong* (2018), as Brian
- *Wind River* (2017), Director, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/wind-river.md)
- *Hell or High Water* (2016), as Cowboy · Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/hell-or-high-water.md)
- *Sicario* (2015), Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/sicario.md)
- *Vile* (2011), Director
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Navy Captain Jennings
- *Sons of Anarchy* (2008), series, as David Hale — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md)
- *CSI: NY* (2004), series, as Joel Banks
- *Veronica Mars* (2004), series, as Danny Boyd — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md)
- *10-8: Officers on Duty* (2003), series, as Shooter
- *White Rush* (2003), as Tug / Douglas
- *Star Trek: Enterprise* (2001), series, as Jareb
- *The Guardian* (2001), series, as Tim Dohanic
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Evan Peters
- *Strong Medicine* (2000), series, as Tucker
- *Time of Your Life* (1999), series, Actor
- *V.I.P.* (1998), series, as Dave
- *Her Costly Affair* (1996), as Chris
- *Party of Five* (1994), series, as Counterguy — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, as Vernon
- *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), series, as Corporal Winters
- *Capture the Flag*, Producer
- *Frisco King*, series, Executive Producer, Original Series Creator, Writer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/frisco-king.md)
- *Disorder*, Screenplay
- *Visalia*, Producer
- *Empire of the Summer Moon*, Writer, Director, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2017: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Hell or High Water*

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

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