Biography:Taylor Grant (sometimes credited as Taylor T Grant) was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. After brief stints as a local broadcaster and stand up comic, he moved to Hollywood in the early 90s to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. Within a year, he was the youngest writer ever hired by Nelvana Entertainment, developing treatments and writing scripts for two high profile animated series: Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice" and Roseanne Barr's short-lived "Little Rosey" series.
Throughout the nineties, Taylor Grant continued writing and developing series in the children's entertainment industry. In television, he was one of the original writers to develop the Japenese Super Sentai series into "The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers," which became one of the most successful franchises in history. Soon after, he created the animated series "Monster Farm" for the Fox Family Channel, which continues to air in syndication in Europe. Taylor continued his relationship with SabanTaylor Grant (sometimes credited as Taylor T Grant) was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. After brief stints as a local broadcaster and stand up comic, he moved to Hollywood in the early 90s to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. Within a year, he was the youngest writer ever hired by Nelvana Entertainment, developing treatments and writing scripts for two high profile animated series: Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice" and Roseanne Barr's short-lived "Little Rosey" series.
Throughout the nineties, Taylor Grant continued writing and developing series in the children's entertainment industry. In television, he was one of the original writers to develop the Japenese Super Sentai series into "The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers," which became one of the most successful franchises in history. Soon after, he created the animated series "Monster Farm" for the Fox Family Channel, which continues to air in syndication in Europe. Taylor continued his relationship with Saban Entertainment by writing scripts and developing stories for several series including "Big Bad Beetleborgs," "20,000 Leagues in Space" (AKA "Space Strikers"), "Beetleborgs Metallix," and "Bad Dog."
A long time comicbook aficionado, Taylor Grant's childhood fantasy was realized when he was hired as the head writer and Executive Editor for Stan Lee Media. During his tenure, Taylor worked closely with comicbook legends Stan Lee (co-creator of Spider-Man, The Hulk, The X-Men, etc) and Steve Gerber (creator of Howard the Duck and Thundarr the Barbarian) in developing 9 multi-media franchises, including "The Seventh Portal," "The Drifter," "The Accuser," and the very successful "Backstreet Project," starring the Backstreet Boys. Taylor continued his forays into the comicbook world by writing two different sports-themed comics, "Super Sluggers," based on sports legends Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, and Derek Jeter. as well as "Smooth and Special," based on superstars from "The Harlem Globetrotters." During this time, Taylor also served as a contributing editor for National Lampoon Magazine.
Working behind the scenes for several years, Taylor Grant was a highly prolific music video writer, developing innovative MTV and VH1 videos for top urban acts like "Aaliyah," "The Fugees," "P. Diddy," "Whitney Houston," and many more." Highly in demand, Taylor worked with some of the biggest music video directors in the business, including F. Gary Gray, Scott Kalvert, and Paul Hunter.
Soon after, Taylor developed his first feature film project "The Last Day," with F. Gary Gray, which was quickly scooped up by Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment. Other feature projects Taylor Grant sold or rewrote included "Prometheus Rising" for (Terminator 3) director Jonathan Mostow, "Bloodland" for (Requiem for a Dream) producer Beau Flynn, and "Flight of the Dead" for Lion's Gate Films.
Fulfilling his long time mission of becoming a filmmaker, Taylor Grant also formed his own production company, "Dream Into Reality Studios." His first co-production, "Shangri-La," was a sitcom pilot he created and co-produced with Dave Pullano ("Blind Date," "Forever Eden"). Most recently, he directed, wrote, produced, and starred in a psychological thriller entitled "The Muse," which will be hitting the festival circuit later in 2005.…Expand
