Irene Taylor

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Irene Taylor

Born June 15, 1970 · St. Louis, Missouri, United States (age 56)

Irene Taylor is an Oscar-nominated, multiple-Emmy, duPont and Peabody-winning director and producer. Her most recent film Trees And Other Entanglements was released by HBO at the end of 2023 and explores of our human obsession with the arboreal world. In 2022, Irene won a Columbia-duPont Award for her tragic investigation into one of the most trusted institutions in America, Leave No Trace: A Hi…

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Leave No TraceLeave No Trace · 2022
Leave No Trace
★ 6.62022
MovieDocumentary
In February 2022, the Boy Scouts of America reached a $2.7 billion agreement over sex abuse claims, the largest such settlement in history. Leave No Trace explores how this all-American institution went so horrifyingly wrong.
I Am: Celine DionI Am: Celine Dion · 2024
I Am: Celine Dion
★ 7.62024
MovieDocumentaryMusic
A raw and honest behind-the-scenes look at the iconic superstar's struggle with a life-altering illness. Serving as a love letter to her fans, this inspirational documentary highlights the music that has guided her life while also showcasing the resilience of the human spirit.
Beware the SlendermanBeware the Slenderman · 2016
Beware the Slenderman
★ 6.52016
MovieDocumentaryCrime
In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet quickly leads to its darkest basement. How responsible are our children for what they find there?
Siren: The Voices of Shelley BeattieSiren: The Voices of Shelley Beattie · 2025
Siren: The Voices of Shelley Beattie
★ 5.02025
MovieDocumentary
Shelley Beattie, a Deaf woman and champion bodybuilder, found fame in the 1990s on the hit TV show American Gladiators, where she competed under the name "Siren" before her untimely death in 2008. While charismatic, gorgeous, and a fierce competitor, Beattie also battled personal demons, struggling with mental illness, addiction, and questions of her own identity. Framed by the insight of another Deaf woman in Hollywood who found herself in the spotlight at the same time, Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin, the documentary unpacks the story of Shelley "Siren" Beattie and her complex legacy entwined with beauty, mental illness, and love.
The Listening ProjectThe Listening Project · 2018
The Listening Project
2018
MovieDocumentary
The profound impact of technology on the lives and identities of young deaf adults is explored in The Listening Project. Fourteen deaf people tell stories beginning with a childhood wide-eyed about sound, into the growing pains of adolescence and, eventually, their professional lives. Sometimes humorous, always tender, The Listening Project is a timely coming of age story, one we haven't heard before.
Trees and Other EntanglementsTrees and Other Entanglements · 2023
Trees and Other Entanglements
★ 5.22023
MovieDocumentary
A poetic meditation on nature, mortality, and the passage of time in her exploration of our symbiotic nexus with trees. Weaving together several stories of arboreal adoration, unfolds as a deeply human tale of our connection to the natural world and to one another.
Open Your EyesOpen Your Eyes · 2015
Open Your Eyes
★ 9.02015
MovieDocumentary
Living under the Himalayan sun, their eyes have slowly gone milky white. Manisara and Durga have cataracts, and their mountain home in Nepal has become a warren of darkness. Shot over three days, Open Your Eyes follows their extraordinary journey down the mountain for a chance to see again.
Saving Pelican 895Saving Pelican 895 · 2011
Saving Pelican 895
★ 6.72011
MovieDocumentaryDrama
HBO Documentary Films Presents the story of the effort to save the 895th surviving oiled pelican in Louisiana, showing how conservationists, government agencies and wildlife activists joined forces to preserve this one life.

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