Staring at a blank page is writing. Thinking about writing is writing. Watching Soviet vehicle restoration videos is writing. Researching the weather in New York in late April, 1960 is writing. Lying on the bed and playing PlayStation is writing.
Company
Dead Weight Productions
    Taylor Moorey is a stand-up comedian, writer, musician, and filmmaker. He swears to god, he is all those things.
    He was born and raised in the Vancouver area, where he lives with his PlayStation 5. Seeing George Carlin’s special “You Are All Diseased” as a teenager was a revelation and seeing Mr. Conductor spit out venomous social criticism and silly restaurant names set Taylor on the path he is on now.
    Taylor has been performing comedy since 2016 and more recently, founded the sketch comedy / avant-garde music hybrid, Dead Weight Citizens Brigade. On his podcast, he interviewed internationally performing comedians and musicians. He directed and performed in a live comedy concert film and documentary called The Mixtape (2022). He is also fully aware of the Netflix movie of the same name that came out a month later and filmed in the same location. Please stop bringing it up.
    After several years of burning out on normal jobs, Taylor began Vancouver Film School’s year-long writing intensive, to learn how to manage student debt. When not writing, Taylor is playing video games, listening to music, creating oddball visual art, and writing in the third person at gunpoint.
    • Writer (7 Credits)
      Home, Sick Home
      Student, Screenplay, Short Script
      Original Monster
      Short
      Phone Etiquette
      Short
      Sprocket
      Student, Short Script
      The Movie Wife
      Short
      The Pits: Incipit Vita Nova
      Student, Television Script
      The Mixtape2022
      Documentary, Feature
    • Director (4 Credits)
      Original Monster
      Short
      Phone Etiquette
      Short
      The Movie Wife
      Short
      The Mixtape2022
      Documentary, Feature
    • Producer (1 Credit)
      The Mixtape2022
      Documentary, Feature
    • Acting (1 Credit)
      The Mixtape2022
      Documentary, Feature
    "The truth is what is. And what should be is a fantasy; a terrible, terrible lie that someone gave the people long ago." -Lenny Bruce
    "Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body -the atoms that construct the molecules- are traceable to the crucibles that were once the centres of high-mass stars that exploded their chemically-enriched guts into the galaxy, enriching pristine gas clouds with the chemistry of life. So that we're all connected to each other biologically, to the Earth chemically and to the rest of the universe atomically. That's kinda cool. That makes me smile. And I actually feel quite large at the end of that. It's not that we're better than the universe, we're part of the universe. We're in the universe and the universe is in us."
    -Neil deGrasse Tyson
    "There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. ... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others."
    -Martha Graham
    Staring at a blank page is writing. Thinking about writing is writing. Watching Soviet vehicle restoration videos is writing. Researching the weather in New York in late April, 1960 is writing. Lying on the bed and playing PlayStation is writing.
    Company
    Dead Weight Productions
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