Taylor Rivera(I)

Born and raised in Manhattan, New York, Taylor Rivera is simply a creative "tsunami". Molded in the vain of Roberto Rodriguez, Rivera writes, directs, and edits his own projects. Rivera started his first stint in production in 1993 at the Montel Williams Show. In 1997, Rivera created and directed the #1 rated, international magazine television series, Trend TV (1997) which aried on ABC-5 in Southeast Asia. In 2002, Rivera wrote and produced the hilarious short film, Code Blue (2002) which was well received at the Cannes Film Festival, First Glance Festival, and the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. In 2003, Rivera wrote, shot, directed and edited Sound Factory (2003), a documentary that takes a provocative look at the underground drug and club culture in 1999 New York City. The film received critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival. Rivera recently teamed up with rising Hollywood producer, Jeanette Volturno of Catchlight Films to direct several commercial, music video and feature film projects in the upcoming year.