Featured in Free the Work’s Creator Spotlight/Directors to Watch, Baltimore native Nicole Taylor-Roberts is a writer-director and an Emmy-nominated producer. A Black woman with a multi-cultural heritage, Taylor-Roberts is passionate about elevating and amplifying authentic portrayals of female characters for the large and small screen. She has an affinity for drama, action, sci-fi and suspense. She’s a director with a strong lyrical sensibility, that she credits to her background growing up in a musical family.
Her latest film, “Go to Bed, Raymond!,” for 20th Digital Studio's Season 3 of Bite-Sized Halloween, is coming to Hulu. Taylor-Roberts got her start in the commercials and music videos pace in the early 2000s. Since then, she has written and directed many award-winning short films that have screened in numerous festivals worldwide. A film of note, “410 Stamped,” starring Eden Duncan-Smith (See You Yesterday), still enjoys a successful festival run.
Her buzzy feature script, “A Girl from Haiti,” won several awards and was one of four projects selected by the Almanack Screenwriters (formerly known as Nantucket Screenwriters Colony). She was one of four female writer-directors in the Inaugural cohort chosen to direct for BET Her’s anthology series ‘The Waiting Room.’ Her episode, “The Battle of Lexi Smith,” featured Keshia Knight-Pulliam and Jean Elie.
Taylor-Roberts participated in Ryan Murphy’s Half initiative, AFI DWW, the Sony Television Diverse Directors Program, and the Commercial Diverse Directors Mentorship 50/50 Program. For several years, she wrote and produced political ads. She graduated from Northwestern University RTVF Program and Columbia University School of the Arts MFA Film Program.