Taylor Sheridan

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Taylor Sheridan
Born (1970-05-21) May 21, 1970 (age 53)
Cranfills Gap, Texas, United States
Occupation
Years active 1995–present
Known for Sons of Anarchy
Sicario
Hell or High Water
Wind River
Spouse(s) Nicole Muirbrook (m. 2013)
Relatives John Gibler (brother)

Taylor Sheridan (born May 21, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director and actor. Sheridan first reached prominence for portraying David Hale in the FX television series Sons of Anarchy.

Sheridan has written several films, including the screenplay for Sicario (2015), for which he was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Hell or High Water (2016), which was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture. Credited with redefining the modern Western, Sheridan also wrote and directed the 2017 crime film Wind River and wrote Sicario's 2018 sequel. Recently he created the Paramount Network's television series Yellowstone.

Career

Sheridan began his career in acting, appearing in small films and in recurring roles in television series, such as Veronica Mars, Walker, Texas Ranger and most notably, as David Hale in Sons of Anarchy. He made the transition into screenwriting after he turned 40.[1] His first film as a screenwriter was Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve.[2] It revolves around Kate Macer (Emily Blunt), an FBI agent who is enlisted to a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutal Mexican drug cartel.[3][4] It also starred Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro. The film received critical acclaim, with a 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes,[5] and received a number of nominations, including a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Sheridan.[6][7]

Sheridan wrote Comancheria after Sicario. Comancheria sold first but was stuck in development for quite a few years, appearing on the Black List in 2012. It was later retitled Hell or High Water and was released in August 2016, starring Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine and Ben Foster, and again received critical acclaim.[8][9] For his screenplay, Sheridan received a large amount of awards attention, earning BAFTA, Golden Globe Award, and Academy Award nominations.[10][11]

Sheridan made the low-budget horror film Vile. His second feature as director, but third as screenwriter, Wind River, starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen, premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January 2017. The film follows an FBI agent (Olsen) and a veteran game tracker (Renner), investigating a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation. The Weinstein Company had acquired the distribution rights during the 2016 Cannes Film Festival,[12] but dropped the film prior to the Sundance premiere.[13] However, the company later finalized its deal to distribute the film.[14] Wind River was widely released in the United States on August 18, 2017, following a brief limited release.[15]

On September 15, 2016, Deadline reported that Sheridan has been set by Sony Pictures and Escape Artists to script the American remake of the Matthias Schoenaerts drama-thriller film Disorder, a 2015 French film directed by Alice Winocour. Escape Artists' Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Tony Shaw will produce the remake and David Beaubaire is overseeing it for the studio.[16] James Mangold will direct.

In 2017, Sheridan created the television series Yellowstone starring Kevin Costner that aired on the Paramount Network on June 20, 2018.[17] The show was renewed for a second season on July 24, 2018.[18] Sheridan wrote the sequel to Sicario, titled Sicario: Day of the Soldado, which was directed by Stefano Sollima and released in 2018.[19]

Style

As an ex-actor, Sheridan has explained that the amount of expositional dialogue he read for television caused him to form an "allergy to exposition" in his writing. He has also said that he looks for "absurdly simple" plots in order to focus solely on character.[20]

He is known for toying with the form and structure of a screenplay in his work. In Sicario, Sheridan incorporated a "five-act structure and a five-act structure within that." He believes in the intelligence of the audience, and uses the structure and context of his stories as a way to subvert expectations: "I look at each movie as, ‘How am I breaking the rules this time?’"[21]

Personal life

Sheridan grew up on a ranch in Cranfills Gap, Texas. His family lived minimally, not having a stereo system in their house. His parents would sit in their station wagon, which had an 8-track player, listening to music to pass the time. Had they not lost the property in the early 1990s, said Sheridan, "I would still be living there."[22]

After Sheridan graduated out of Texas State University, a talent scout offered him the chance to go to Los Angeles and pursue an acting career. Sheridan is the brother of journalist John Gibler.

Sheridan has been married to actress and model Nicole Muirbrook since 2013.[23][24]

Selected filmography

Year Title Writer Director Actor Producer Role Notes
2005–2007 Veronica Mars Yes Danny Boyd
2008–2010 Sons of Anarchy Yes David Hale
2011 Vile Yes
2015 Sicario Yes
2016 Hell or High Water Yes Yes Cowboy Cameo[25]
2017 Wind River Yes Yes
2018 12 Strong Yes Brian
2018–present Yellowstone Yes Yes Yes Yes Travis Wheatley
2018 Sicario: Day of the Soldado Yes

Awards and nominations

Critics associations

Year Association Category Project Result
2015 Austin Film Critics Association Best Original Screenplay Sicario Nominated
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Screenplay Nominated
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Award Best Feature Debut
Best Writing		 Nominated
2016 Seattle Film Critics Best Screenplay Nominated
Gotham Awards Best Screenplay Hell or High Water Nominated
2017 Saturn Awards Best Film Screenplay Nominated

Academy Awards

Year Nominated Work Category Result Ref.
2017 Hell or High Water Best Original Screenplay Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Year Nominated Work Category Result Ref.
2017 Hell or High Water Best Screenplay Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year Nominated Work Category Result Ref.
2017 Hell or High Water Best Original Screenplay Nominated

Critics Choice Movie Awards

Year Nominated Work Category Result Ref.
2017 Hell or High Water Best Original Screenplay Nominated

Directors Guild of America Awards

Year Nominated Work Category Result Ref.
2018 Wind River Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director Nominated

Writers Guild of America Awards

Year Nominated Work Category Result Ref.
2016 Sicario Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2017 Hell or High Water Best Original Screenplay Nominated

Independent Spirit Awards

Year Nominated Work Category Result Ref.
2017 Hell or High Water Best Screenplay Nominated

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