Today we’d like to introduce you to Hassan Taylor.
Hassan, before we jump into specific questions, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
Born in a small town in Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay I learned to appreciate life and live it to the fullest. Mathews County was a great place to grow up and learn about life from the outside perspective. I could watch how other places with fast paced life styles lived and ease my way in… I’ve always had a passion for film and video and in 1992 I moved to Atlanta and started a small video production company in the back of my brother’s pottery studio in Rio Mall located in Midtown. I produced a couple of independent productions such as “Atlanta Knights” and “Jazz Beat” with my friend Kirt Gillon. I worked with the ” PAPY Program created by Jane Fonda for the Woodruff Arts Center from 1992 to 1994. I moved along and produced numerous shows and documentaries with other independent producers in Georgia.
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
When I moved to Atlanta in the early 90’s I came here with no real money but did have family support already here. The video industry wasn’t booming so to speak and the big production groups ran the city. My brother owned a paint your own pottery studio and let me set up shop in the storeroom. From there I produced small projects using Atlanta’s old Rio Mall as my backdrop.
Taylor Productions/hassantaylor.com – what should we know? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
H. Taylor productions is a video production company. We can produce live edit productions such as TV shows and news style productions. Editing services is one of our main focuses as well. We like to put a documentary type vibe on projects. What sets us apart is that we feel we can kind of give you a short descriptive documentary feel in a commercial or even presentation videos.
What moment in your career do you look back most fondly on?
I think the proudest moment is when back in the early 90’s I was shooting a performance from a small group back then called EarthSeed Music at the old Cotton Club and Idia Irie was performing, and the power went off and I had the only light on my camera. She picked up her guitar and performed by camera light acapella.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.hassantaylor.com
- Phone: 678-404-9453
- Email: hassan@hassantaylor.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hassantaylor2904/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hassatl/
Image Credit:
Kristy Holstick
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