Vanessa Taylor is an American screenwriter and television producer. She is known for writing Hope Springs, Divergent, and The Shape of Water, as well as for her work as a writer and co-executive producer on seasons two and three of Game of Thrones. Taylor is writing Disney's upcoming live-action remake of Aladdin. For The Shape of Water, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. As a child, Taylor wrote fairy tales. From age twelve, Taylor pursued acting and singing. She attended the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. Her television credits include Game of Thrones, Gideon's Crossing, Alias (hired by J. J. Abrams), Everwood (hired by Greg Berlanti), Tell Me You Love Me, and Cupid. She also co-created Jack & Bobby. Taylor wrote Hope Springs, a 2012 film directed by David Frankel, with Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, and Steve Carell. Carell played Dr. Feld, “a marriage therapist who tries to help a couple rekindle their loveless relationship after 31 years of marriage.” She co-wrote the screenplay for the 2014 sci-fi action film Divergent. She also co-wrote the screenplay for the fantasy romance film The Shape of Water, along with its director, Guillermo del Toro. In 2017, it was announced that a live-action reboot of Disney's Aladdin was in the works. Taylor is writing the film with John August and Guy Ritchie, who will also direct.

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