Lucas Taylor
IN PRODUCTION
Black Snow Season 2 (Goalpost Pictures) for STAN (Creator & Executive Producer)
NOW SCREENING
Black Snow Season 1 (Goalpost Pictures) for STAN (Creator & Executive Producer)
In Limbo (Bunya Productions) for ABC TV
Lucas Taylor is a multiple AWGIE and SPA award-winning writer and director.
The Creator, Executive Producer and Head Writer of the critically acclaimed Black Snow, a six part drama series airing on Stan and Sundance Now launched in 2023 and has now sold to multiple territories and secured 7 x AACTA Award Nominations including Best Screenplay and Best Drama.
Lucas is also the Creator, Executive Producer and Head Writer of In Limbo, a six part comedy drama for the ABC, which will premiere soon in 2023.
His previous television credits include Harrow (ABC), Vikings: Athelstan’s Journal (History), Secrets & Lies (Ten), Texas Rising: The Lost Soldier (History) and The Strange Calls (ABC). In 2019 Lucas was the winner of the John Hinde Award for excellence in Science Fiction writing for his virtual reality feature film Eleven Eleven. Created for NBCUniversal Studios, Eleven Eleven premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival and was part of the official program at the Venice International Film Festival.
In 2017 Lucas’s virtual reality documentary Inside Manus (SBS) won the SPA Award for best interactive production. The film premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival and was part of the Cannes Film Festival’s Innovation showcase. From 2012-16 Lucas was Creative Director at Emmy and BAFTA award winning production company Hoodlum. His work at Hoodlum included multiplatform campaigns for major film and television properties including SALT (Sony), The Bourne Legacy (Universal), Divergent (eOne) and Dance Academy (Werner Films/ABC TV).
Lucas was also a key part of Hoodlum’s in-house development team, which generated film and television hits including; Five Bedrooms (Ten), Harrow (ABC), Australia Day (Foxtel), Secrets & Lies (Ten), SLiDE (Foxtel) and The Strange Calls (ABC).