The two are business partners in the Santa Monica based Ad Hominem Enterprises, and are credited as co-writers of six films released between 1996 and 2007: Citizen Ruth (1996), Election (1999), Jurassic Park III (2001, with Peter Buchman), About Schmidt (2002), Sideways (2004), and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007, with Barry Fanaro and Lew Gallo).
So very specifically, I went to Pomona to get a liberal arts education and not do filmmaking, even though I knew that was what I ultimately wanted to do.Taylor was born in Seattle, Washington.
[5] Taylor met Payne while working temporary jobs in Los Angeles, eventually moving in with him for financial reasons.
[5] After winning money on the game show Wheel of Fortune, Taylor entered Tisch School of the Arts at the age of 30.
[2] Taylor has received numerous awards and nominations (including an Oscar win for co-writing Sideways, two Golden Globe Award wins for co-writing About Schmidt and Sideways, and additional Oscar nominations for co-writing Election and for producing The Descendants); those listed below are for his work on Sideways (all shared with Alexander Payne): Taylor has been married to fellow screenwriter/director, Tamara Jenkins, since 2002—herself an Academy Award nominee for The Savages (2007).