Juel Taylor

Juel Taylor is an American filmmaker. He wrote Creed II, Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) and They Cloned Tyrone (2023) with his writing partner Tony Rettenmaier.

Early life and education Taylor was initially interested in studying video game design when he attended college at the University of Florida.

His first introduction to making movies was a music video he created for his college's digital arts program. Taylor then studied film as a graduate student at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, where he met Rettenmaier.

Career In 2017, Taylor co-directed Actors Anonymous, the feature film adaptation of James Franco's novel of the same name. The film screened at Cinequest and the Newport Beach Film Festival.

For They Cloned Tyrone, Taylor largely based the fictional neighborhood of the movie on the area where he grew up. He cites questions around blame and responsibility and experiences with friends in unfortunate circumstances as the inspiration for the film. The draft changed through the pitching process, eventually leading to the movie being produced as a Netflix feature film. In the editing process, Taylor cited Guillermo del Toro for his help on several scenes.

Filmography Short film Year Title Director Writer Producer Editor Notes 2013 Shoebox 2017 Riotville 2023 Nightbear Co-directed with Joel Marsh

Feature film Year Title Director Writer Producer 2017 Actors Anonymous 2018 Creed II 2021 Space Jam: A New Legacy 2023 Young. Wild. Free. Shooting Stars They Cloned Tyrone

Television Year Title Notes2013 Fred Unplugged TV movie A Guy, a Girl, and Their Monster Episode "Monster Off" 2019 Boomerang Episode "Housekeeping" 2020 Twenties Episodes "You Know How I Like It" and "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing"