Elly M Taylor is an international award winning director. She was born in Edinburgh and brought up in Ayrshire, Scotland. Since childhood she has always been interested in Arts and Drama and has fond memories of performing on the stage at the age of four, therefore becoming involved in the creative artistic world was inevitable.

Elly, began her career in television with the BBC London, where she worked for 9 years, before returning to her native Scotland to work for BBC Scotland in the Arts and Drama Departments. She is now an independent Producer/Director with her own Production Company: Taylored Productions Ltd based in Glasgow. She considers herself and the company as international in her/its thinking. Elly is a recent graduate of the highly acclaimed 'Eurodoc' course and her latest project could not have been made without the support and help of her new international colleagues.

Elly, who believes in good storytelling and quality work considers the common thread running through her films, be it documentary or drama, is that the message is strong and moving.