---
name: "Vanessa Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vanessa-taylor"
fi1m_id: "vanessa-taylor"
imdb_id: "nm0961827"
tmdb_id: 176489
wikidata_id: "Q15710074"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 September 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T01:13:57.616222+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."
---

# Vanessa Taylor

## Identity

Vanessa Taylor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vanessa-taylor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vanessa-taylor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0961827
- **TMDB ID:** 176489
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15710074
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15710074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0961827/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/176489

Writer. Born 24 September 1970 in Boulder.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 September 1970, Boulder
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jack Bender](https://film.one/person/jack-bender.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (1), 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 38 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action & Adventure 2, Fantasy 1, Romance 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $195m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15710074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0961827/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/176489

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Shape of Water*](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md) (83), [*Game of Thrones*](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*Alias*](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*Hillbilly Elegy*](https://film.one/film/hillbilly-elegy.md) (38)

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

## Biography

Vanessa Taylor is an American screenwriter and television producer. Born on 24 September 1970 in Boulder, Colorado, she attended the Interlochen Center for the Arts and performed with The Groundlings improv group.

Her television credits include writing for *Alias* (2001), *Everwood* (2002) and *Game of Thrones* (2011), and she co-created the series *Jack & Bobby*. In film she wrote the screenplay for *Hope Springs* (2012) and co-wrote *Divergent* (2014). She co-wrote the screenplay for *The Shape of Water* (2017) with Guillermo del Toro, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Later credits include *Hillbilly Elegy* (2020) and *Uglies* (2024).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Hillbilly Elegy* (2020), Fi1m 38, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/hillbilly-elegy.md)
- *The Shape of Water* (2017), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md)
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), Fi1m 82, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Alias* (2001), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Uglies* (2024), Screenplay
- *Hillbilly Elegy* (2020), Writer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/hillbilly-elegy.md)
- *The Shape of Water* (2017), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md)
- *Ayla: The Daughter of War* (2017), Color Designer
- *Divergent* (2014), Screenplay
- *Hope Springs* (2012), Writer
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Washingtonienne* (2009), Writer
- *Jack & Bobby* (2004), series, Writer, Teleplay, Story, Co-Executive Producer, Creator
- *Everwood* (2002), series, Writer
- *Alias* (2001), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *Untitled Animated John Wick Prequel*, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2018: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Shape of Water*

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

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