Brian Taylor is an American film director, cinematographer, camera operator, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for frequently collaborating with Mark Neveldine as Neveldine/Taylor. Taylor attended the Los Angeles Film School in Hollywood, California and began his career as a cinematographer, working on a series on independent films and low-budget shorts. In the early 2000s, Taylor united with Mark Neveldine, both becoming known for their engineering skills as cinematographers and camera operators. They invented "The Roller Dolly," and immediately submitted it for a patent.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Writer, director, producer and actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Brian Taylor's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 2 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 5
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 3
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 9
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 4
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 6
Casual 3 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 2
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Heraldas Man in All Superheroes Must Die (2011)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous5
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 Brian Taylor's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Brian 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
14 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Hellboy: The Crooked Man(2024)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Brave New World(2020)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Mom and Dad(2017)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Happy!(2017)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
All Superheroes Must Die(2011)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Jonah Hex(2010)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all filmsFirst Person Shooter: The Evolution of Red (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Inside the Game: Controlling Gamer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Tits Against the Glass: Making 'Crank 2' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Gamer(2009)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Crank: High Voltage(2009)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Pathology(2008)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Crank(2006)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles from 2006 to 2024.
Biggest box office
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
Highest rated
Crank (2006)
Most popular right now
Crank: High Voltage (2009)
Film career
- 2011Screen debut· All Superheroes Must Die
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 Brian Taylor's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 27th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 24th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the dialogue 34/100 and the plot and story 31/100 in their films, across 9 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.
Is Brian Taylor's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Brian Taylor work with?
People who share at least 2 of Brian Taylor's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mark Neveldine shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Mark NeveldineShared titles: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011), Jonah Hex (2010), Crank: High Voltage (2009), Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008), Crank (2006)See all 6 shared titles with Mark Neveldine
Actors
- Johnny WhitworthShared titles: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011), Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Johnny Whitworth
- Nicolas CageShared titles: Mom and Dad (2017), Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Nicolas Cage
- Amy SmartShared titles: Crank: High Voltage (2009), Crank (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Amy Smart
- Dwight YoakamShared titles: Crank: High Voltage (2009), Crank (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Dwight Yoakam
Cinematographers and editors
- Fernando VillenaShared titles: Mom and Dad (2017), Crank: High Voltage (2009), Gamer (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Fernando Villena
- Brandon TrostShared titles: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011), Crank: High Voltage (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Brandon Trost
- Brian BerdanShared titles: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011), Crank (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Berdan
- Ekkehart PollackShared titles: Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Ekkehart Pollack
Producers
- Eric ReidShared titles: Crank: High Voltage (2009), Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008), Crank (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Eric Reid
- Gary LucchesiShared titles: Crank: High Voltage (2009), Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008), Crank (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Gary Lucchesi
- Richard S. WrightShared titles: Crank: High Voltage (2009), Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008), Crank (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Richard S. Wright
- Skip WilliamsonShared titles: Crank: High Voltage (2009), Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008), Crank (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Skip Williamson