Michael Taylor (born February 15, 1969) is a screenwriter best known for his work as a writer for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Taylor (screenwriter), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Writer and producer
- 13 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Michael Taylor's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Michael Taylor's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Michael Taylor's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
15 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.
VisionQuest(2026)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Pantheon(2022)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Into the Badlands(2015)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Turn: Washington's Spies(2014)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Defiance(2013)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Caprica(2009)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Virtuality(2009)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Virtuality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Battlestar Galactica(2004)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Dead Zone(2002)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Star Trek: Voyager(1995)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles from 1993 to 2026.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Michael Taylor's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 13 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved6
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 45/100 and the plot and story 47/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Michael Taylor work with?
People who share at least 2 of Michael Taylor's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Glen A. Larson shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Glen A. LarsonShared titles: Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012), Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Glen A. Larson
- Ronald D. MooreShared titles: Virtuality (2009), Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Ronald D. Moore
Actors
- James D'ArcyShared titles: VisionQuest (2026), Virtuality (2009)See all 2 shared titles with James D'Arcy
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Andrew SeklirShared titles: Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012), Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Seklir
- Bear McCrearyShared titles: Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012), Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Bear McCreary
- Stephen McNuttShared titles: Virtuality (2009), Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Stephen McNutt
Producers
- Bradley ThompsonShared titles: Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012), Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Bradley Thompson
- David EickShared titles: Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012), Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)See all 2 shared titles with David Eick
- David WeddleShared titles: Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012), Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)See all 2 shared titles with David Weddle
- Paul M. LeonardShared titles: Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012), Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Paul M. Leonard
