Writer
Original scripts with grounded characters and strong visual bones. Stories written to be shot, not just read.
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Jackie Taylor
Writer ★ Director ★ Producer
Stories built from the ground up. From the props table to the director's chair, Jackie makes films with a craftsperson's eye and a storyteller's heart.
The Red Eye
An award-winning director.
Jackie directed and produced the indie film The Red Eye, and the 2025 festival circuit took notice.
Winner
Best Pilot
Vancouver Indie Film Festival ★ 2025
Nominee
Best Female Director
Vancouver Indie Film Festival ★ 2025
Semi Finalist
Calgary Indie Film Awards
2025
Official Selection
Short Circuit Film Festival
2025
Marcy Maples boards her weekly Red Eye flight from Boston to Seattle. She takes a sleeping pill but quickly finds out the pill didn't work. She now suffers the goings on as the flight progresses revealing a dark and mysterious outcome.
See The Red Eye on IMDb →
About Jackie ★ in her own words
She's worked every corner of a set.
I got my start in the locations department on Maid, then moved on to the series Chesapeake Shores, The Christmas House 2, and The Wedding Veil trilogy, along with 28 other movies of the week.
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From there I was pulled into props on Chesapeake Shores for seasons 5 and 6, followed by If I Run, before stepping up as prop master on The Stars Between Us, Two for Tea, and the new Crave series YAGA.
On the creative side, I wrote, directed, and produced The Reel World. I directed and produced the indie film The Red Eye, which earned me a nomination for the Best Female Director award and screened as an official selection at numerous other festivals. I also produced and first assistant directed the indie film Disc Jockey, and directed the music video "Lover" for Cinderella. I co-wrote the UK feature The Shadow Man with Stuart Quinn.
I wrote and directed a BC-wide commercial for The Tailgate Toolkit, part of a new marketing campaign, which played across 61 networks and stations. I also wrote the campaign's radio spot.
I'm a member of the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC), ACFC West, and the Vancouver Island South Film & Media Commission.
What she does
Three chairs, one voice.
Director
Prepared, decisive, and collaborative. Years inside the machinery of production make her a director crews trust.
Directing →Producer
Resourceful by trade. She knows what things cost, where to find them, and how to bring a production home.
Producing →
The journal
Notes between takes.
Writing on craft, directing, and the films and filmmakers that light the way. Jackie's journal is coming soon.
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Jackie is developing new projects and open to collaborations.
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