Jeffrey Taylor has over twenty years in the field of entertainment, having first entered the industry in 1979 as Executive Director for a London-based theatre company. His earlier career extended to his own financial services broking house in London, advising clients mainly in the entertainment industry.

After selling his company in 1983, Jeffrey mounted a number of stage productions in the UK before forming Stagescreen Productions in 1986. The film, television and stage production company was formed with others, including distinguished television producer Derek Granger, whose credits include 'Brideshead Revisited' and a series of Laurence Olivier television plays which he co-produced with Lord Olivier.

Since then Jeffrey has divided his time between London and Los Angeles concentrating on producing new work for film, TV and the stage. He has arranged film and television co-productions with Australian, Canadian and European entertainment entities, as well as major British broadcasters such as the BBC, often taking advantage of the many subsidies and tax efficient film & television funding schemes that are available in certain territories.

In the never-ending search for film funding and in the desire to find exotic film locations, Jeffrey has recently arranged coproduction agreements in both Egypt and Romania. Stagescreen intends to mount and distribute a series of feature films under the heading of 'Young Legends'. The first of these titles 'Young Cleopatra' is to be filmed in Cairo next year as a coproduction with the major Egyptian studios EMPC. Further co-production partners are actively being sort in Europe and the Far East for other 'Young Legends' titles.

STAGE

The Normal Heart (London's West End)
with Tom Hulce
A New York Shakespeare Festival Production

The Vortex (London's West End)
with Rupert Everett and Maria Aitken

The Vortex (Ahmanson Doolittle, Los Angeles)
with Rupert Everett and Stephanie Beacham

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (London's West End)
with Lulu and Ernie Wise
A New York Shakespeare Festival Production


FEATURE FILM and TELEVISION

A Handful of Dust for New Line Cinema
with Kristin Scott Thomas, Alec Guinness, Judi Dench and Anjelica Huston

Happy Valley for the BBC
with Denholm Elliott

Death of a Son for the BBC
with Lynn Redgrave

Four Minute Mile for the BBC/ABC (Australia)
with Michael York

Way Up Stream for the BBC
with Stuart Wilson

Where Angels Fear to Tread for Fine Line Pictures
with Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis and Helen Mirren

Foreign Affairs for Turner Pictures
with Joanne Woodward, Brian Dennehy and Eric Stoltz
(co-production with Interscope Communications)

What's Cooking? for Lionsgate
with Joan Chen, Julianna Marguiles, Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick and Alfre Woodard
Opening night film for Sundance Film Festival 2000

Young Alexander the Great
with Christopher Cazenove, Sam Heughan and Hala Sedki
A British-Egyptian-Greek co-production

JEKYLL for the BBC
with James Nesbitt
in association with Hartswood Films