Kelsey Taylor is the writer, director and producer of the new film To Kill a Wolf, which is out in theaters now. Raised in the wilds of Eastern Washington, Kelsey attended Loyola Marymount University where she earned a degree in Film Production and minors in both Film Studies and Music. Her breakthrough sci-fi short film, Alien: Specimen, was created through an initiative with 20th Century and has accumulated over 7 million views. As a DGA commercial director, Kelsey has worked with brands like Volkswagen, Walmart, and Verizon and her work ranges from comedy to dark world building. Kelsey is drawn to stories that live in the gray and allow for shifting perspectives, and To Kill a Wolf is a modern reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood told through the lens of sexual grooming. The script was a 2018 Quarterfinalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting Competition and her script The Bad Things was a 2022 semifinalist.
