One of the best screenwriters working today is Taylor Sheridan. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Hell or High Water (2016), which was nominated for four Oscars®, including Best Picture. Credited with redefining the modern Western, Sheridan also wrote and directed the 2017 crime film Wind River and wrote Sicario’s 2018 sequel.
He’s also responsible for creating the epic modern day western Yellowstone.
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Sicario (2015)
Screenplay by Taylor Sheridan – Read the screenplay!
Hell or High Water (2016)
Screenplay by Taylor Sheridan – Read the screenplay!
Yellowstone (2016)
Teleplays by Taylor Sheridan
Wind River (2017)
Screenplay by Taylor Sheridan – Read the screenplay!
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Screenplay by Taylor Sheridan – Read the screenplay!
Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
Screenplay by Michael Koryta, Charles Leavitt, and Taylor Sheridan – Read the transcript!
Mayor of Kingstown (2021)
Screenplay by Taylor Sheridan – Read the pilot!
Tulsa King (2022)
Script by Taylor Sheridan – Read the pilot!