Taylor Media

Taylor Media is an Australian film and television production company associated with filmmaker and producer Sue Taylor. The company works across scripted television, television films and mini-series, documentaries, and feature films, with a body of work that includes children's drama, historical and social documentary, and Australian narrative cinema. Its recorded productions include the children's dramas Minty, Southern Cross, and Time Trackers; the mini-series The Shark Net; the documentary Courting With Justice; and the feature films Last Train to Freo, Looking for Grace, The Tree, and Three Summers. The company is closely identified with Sue Taylor, who developed her career from journalism and television production into independent filmmaking. Taylor studied anthropology at the University of London and began working as a journalist in the United Kingdom before moving to Perth, Australia. She entered television production in Western Australia during the early 1980s and later established Taylor Media as her own production company. Reference material gives two different dates for the company's establishment: the Wikipedia summary identifies 1991, while a biographical account of Taylor says that she established the company in 2001. The earlier date is retained as the principal founded year because it appears in the subject's Wikipedia description, while the discrepancy remains relevant to the company's documented history. Taylor Media's production profile reflects the role of independent Australian producers in developing locally rooted stories for cinema and television. Its children's titles indicate an interest in drama for younger audiences, while The Shark Net adapts a major Western Australian story into serialized television. Courting With Justice represents the company's documentary work, and its feature-film credits span crime drama, family and historical storytelling, and ensemble comedy. Several of the company's films have been connected with Australian locations, subjects, and creative personnel, particularly Western Australia. The company is not documented as a publicly listed media conglomerate or as a large international entertainment group. Available reference material instead presents it as an independently established Australian production house built around Sue Taylor's producing and filmmaking career. Publicly documented information about its current corporate ownership, headquarters, staff, financing, distribution arrangements, and recent operating activity is limited. Its significance therefore rests primarily on its credited film and television catalogue and on Taylor's contribution to Australian screen production.

Taylor Media is an Australian production company founded by filmmaker Sue Taylor. The company emerged from Taylor's career in journalism and television production. Taylor studied anthropology at the University of London and worked as a journalist in the United Kingdom before relocating to Perth, Australia. She moved into television production in Western Australia in the early 1980s, gaining experience that later supported the creation of her own production company. The available reference material records an inconsistency concerning the company's founding date. The main description of Taylor Media identifies 1991 as the founding year, whereas a biographical passage about Sue Taylor states that she established the company in 2001. Both dates are retained in the record as part of the source history; 1991 is used as the structured founding year because it is the date attached to the company in the principal Wikipedia description. The sources do not explain whether the later date represents a formal incorporation, a relaunch, or a separate milestone in the company's development. Taylor Media's catalogue covers several screen formats. In children's television, the company is associated with Minty, Southern Cross, and Time Trackers. These titles place the company within the Australian tradition of producing locally made drama for younger viewers. Its television mini-series work includes The Shark Net, a production based on a significant Western Australian story. The company has also produced documentary work, including Courting With Justice, demonstrating an interest in factual and public-affairs storytelling alongside scripted entertainment. The company's feature-film credits include Last Train to Freo, Looking for Grace, The Tree, and Three Summers. Together, these titles indicate a broad narrative range rather than a single narrowly defined genre. The films include stories connected to Australian communities, landscapes, relationships, and social experience, consistent with an independent production identity centered on original and locally relevant material. Sue Taylor's wider documentary interests also included recording the life recollections of Ethel May Elvin, an Australian woman born in 1906 whose experiences extended from childhood in a poor working-class family into the beginning of the twenty-first century. The resulting book documented memories across the course of Elvin's life, linking Taylor's screen-production career with long-form oral and personal history. Publicly available material does not establish Taylor Media's current ownership structure, employee base, distribution model, financial position, or recent production slate. It is best described as an independently established Australian film and television production company whose documented identity is strongly connected with Sue Taylor and with a catalogue spanning children's drama, mini-series, documentary, and feature film.

• 2001

  Alternative establishment date recorded

  [1]Taylor Mediaen.wikipedia.org

  A biographical account of Sue Taylor states that she established her own company, Taylor Media, in Australia in 2001. The available material does not clarify the relationship between this date and the 1991 founding date.

• 1991

  Company founded

  [1]Taylor Mediaen.wikipedia.org

  Taylor Media is identified in the principal reference description as having been founded in Australia by Sue Taylor.

An independent Australian screen-production company focused on locally grounded television, documentary, and feature-film storytelling, including children's drama and culturally specific Australian subjects.

• Children's television drama

  Minty

  A children's drama associated with Taylor Media's early or continuing work in Australian television production for younger audiences. The available reference material identifies the title as part of the company's production catalogue but does not provide detailed information about its format, broadcast date, cast, or distribution.

• Children's television drama

  Southern Cross

  A children's drama listed among Taylor Media's television productions. It represents the company's involvement in locally produced youth-oriented scripted programming. Specific details about the story, broadcaster, release date, and production partners are not established by the supplied sources.

• Children's television drama

  Time Trackers

  A children's drama credited to Taylor Media. The title forms part of the company's documented youth-television catalogue, although the available material does not specify its exact broadcast history, creative team, or commercial performance.

• Television mini-series

  The Shark Net

  A television mini-series produced by Taylor Media and based on a significant Western Australian story. Its inclusion in the company's catalogue illustrates Taylor Media's interest in adapting Australian subject matter for serialized television. Detailed information on release timing and distribution is not included in the supplied reference.

• Documentary

  Courting With Justice

  A documentary associated with Taylor Media. The production demonstrates the company's work beyond scripted drama and feature films, extending into factual storytelling and subjects connected with justice or public affairs. The supplied sources do not provide further production or broadcast details.

• Feature film

  Last Train to Freo

  An Australian feature film listed among Taylor Media's productions. It is part of the company's cinema work and reflects its involvement in locally produced narrative filmmaking. The supplied material does not specify the film's release year, box-office results, or distribution arrangements.

• Feature film

  Looking for Grace

  A feature film included in Taylor Media's documented catalogue. The title contributes to the company's record of Australian narrative cinema production. No additional information about its release, creative personnel, or reception is established by the supplied sources.

• Feature film

  The Tree

  An Australian feature film associated with Taylor Media. It forms part of the company's portfolio of cinema projects and reinforces its focus on narrative films rooted in Australian creative production. The supplied reference material does not give a launch year or detailed synopsis.

• Feature film

  Three Summers

  A feature film listed as a Taylor Media production. The title is part of the company's later documented cinema output and illustrates its participation in Australian feature filmmaking. Specific release, financing, and distribution information is not available in the supplied material.

1. 1Taylor Mediaen.wikipedia.org