Black and white portrait of a young person with medium-length wavy hair, looking towards the camera with a neutral expression, against a dark background.

J Taylor-Jones (they/them) is an award winning film director, producer and programmer based in Brighton, UK. They are a graduate of Bournemouth Film School, where they obtained a degree in film production, specialising in producing. In 2023, they founded Burning Closets Films, a production company dedicated to platforming Queer voices in front of and behind the camera.

In 2024, J began researching transgender aesthetics and embodiment in film and set up The Shimmering Screen, a hybrid blog and online gallery space that explores transgender representation based on practical and theoretical research.