Bio

Sharine Taylor (she/her/hers) is a Toronto-based, award-winning director transitioning into working within the art department. As a production designer, her interdisciplinary approach to designing is informed by her desire to create a culturally-sensitive and relevant universe that creates intimacy between characters, their environment and audience. She is especially interested in showcasing the interiority of Black expression, life, characters and their narratives through screen-based world-building. As an art director, she brings her sensibilities of working in different departments and positions within production—producer, production manager, screenwriter and director—to the fore and as a means of creating a comprehensive pathway for her department to succeed.

Intro

There’s nothing I love more than world-building and crafting environments for characters on screen to exist in. I have experience as an art director for a narrative feature and a narrative French television series and have held the position as production designer for a comedy series, a handful of shorts that span across genres and most recently a feature that was selected to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.

I’ve worked on set as head of department, but also have experience as a set decorator and assistant property master. I’m hoping to work a few commercial projects, and continue to take on more longform work as well.