Grazka Taylor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Executive
Grazka Taylor is an award-winning producer, philanthropist, and humanitarian. Taylor was an Executive Producer with Richard and Lili Zanuck on the HBO anthology, "The Decalogue."
Taylor started her career working alongside Ed Pressman at Warner Brothers. Later, during her tenure at Viacom Productions, she originated, developed, and was associate producer on numerous high-rated TV films. Taylor also developed numerous film projects for studios such as Fox Searchlight.
Taylor's passion for illuminating stories led her to produce several distinguished documentaries and feature films. Her work as Executive Producer for "Mediterranea" led to its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and garnered numerous awards.
One of Taylor's seminal works was "The Burning Season," developed at Warner Brothers and based on the life story of Brazilian environmentalist Chico Mendes. "The Burning Season" was produced at HBO and nominated for thirty awards, garnering three Golden Globe Awards, two Emmy Awards, and two Ace Awards, in addition to Humanitas, Screen Actors Guild, and Imagen awards.
Recently, Taylor executive produced "Gaucho Gaucho," which won an award at Sundance this year.
Taylor is an art patron of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Serpentine, and The Sundance Institute. Taylor holds a Masters of Arts in Contemporary Literature and Theatre.
Taylor started her career working alongside Ed Pressman at Warner Brothers. Later, during her tenure at Viacom Productions, she originated, developed, and was associate producer on numerous high-rated TV films. Taylor also developed numerous film projects for studios such as Fox Searchlight.
Taylor's passion for illuminating stories led her to produce several distinguished documentaries and feature films. Her work as Executive Producer for "Mediterranea" led to its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and garnered numerous awards.
One of Taylor's seminal works was "The Burning Season," developed at Warner Brothers and based on the life story of Brazilian environmentalist Chico Mendes. "The Burning Season" was produced at HBO and nominated for thirty awards, garnering three Golden Globe Awards, two Emmy Awards, and two Ace Awards, in addition to Humanitas, Screen Actors Guild, and Imagen awards.
Recently, Taylor executive produced "Gaucho Gaucho," which won an award at Sundance this year.
Taylor is an art patron of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Serpentine, and The Sundance Institute. Taylor holds a Masters of Arts in Contemporary Literature and Theatre.
