Brigham Taylor is an American producer, who has worked for Disney since 1994 and became a producer for the company in 2014. He co-produced the live-action films The Jungle Book and Christopher Robin.
Career[]
After starting his career as a volunteer at the Sundance Film Festival and the Filmmakers Lab, Taylor became an production executive for Walt Disney Pictures in 1994. He also oversaw live-action films from the company such as the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, with Taylor involving producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski into the first film. In 2003, he pitched to Disney a film titled Christopher Robin, but since the company was developing other Pooh projects at the time, the project wasn't green-lighted for a film.
On August 4, 2014, Taylor was promoted from production executive to producer, working exclusively for Disney's live-action projects. From his new position, he acted as an executive producer on the 2015 film Tomorrowland and a co-producer on the 2016 film The Jungle Book, a remake of Walt Disney's 1967 animated film of the same name, itself based on Rudyard Kipling's eponymous works. As a kid, Taylor was a fan of the original film, and thus aimed to balance Kipling's original works with the 1967 film. The film was met with universal acclaim, with him and director/co-producer Jon Favreau earning a Feature Film nomination at the British Academy Children's Awards.
In 2017, Taylor executive-produced Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, the fifth entry in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and produced Disney's Christopher Robin in 2018. He was convinced to resurrect the project some time after becoming a producer by co-producer Kristin Burr. In addition to producing the live-action remake of Lady and the Tramp, Taylor will also produce a live-action adaptation of The Sword in the Stone, a sequel to The Jungle Book and co-produce a sequel to The Rocketeer. He was originally set to produce a remake of The Haunted Mansion, alongside Guillermo del Toro, but the two left the project in August 2020. As of 2016, Taylor heads his own production company, "TaylorMade Productions", also known as "Taylor Made" which helped produce The Jungle Book and Christopher Robin, and co-produced Lady and the Tramp.
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