Nikki Taylor-Roberts is a screenwriter, director, and an Emmy-nominated producer. She’s a writer-director who blends emotional realism with elevated cinematic storytelling and commands a lyricism in her work.

She is a writer-director in the inaugural cohort of PROOF OF CONCEPT — a parity initiative created by Cate Blanchett and Coco Francini and Dr. Stacy L Smith.

Nikki is a protégé in the DGA DDI Mentorship. She’s an episodic TV director, has directed on NBC’s CHICAGO MED. Her film, GO TO BED RAYMOND, for 20th Digital Studio’s Halloween on Hulu, was a critic favorite in a New York Times Best 2023 Films | ‘Five Horror Movies to Stream Now’. This same film played in FOFIF’s 2nd annual MoMA screening series. She was one of the filmmakers selected for of HBO reboot of Project Greenlight produced by Issa Rea and Kumail Nanjiani. Her work has played in competitions at Festival de Cannes, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Sundance, Austin Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, HolyShorts, and UrbanWorld.

Outside of the narrative space she worked in brand creative — writing, directing and producing ads for NBCUni, VH1, and BET. She’s also produced many live shows — most notably the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Macy’s July 4th Spectacular.

She’s an alum of the NBCU LAUNCH TV Directors Program | Female Forward, the Ryan Murphy's Half initiative, Almanack Screenwriters (formerly known as Nantucket Screenwriters Colony), and the AFI Directing Workshop for Women. She an alum of Northwestern University and Columbia University School of the Arts MFA Film Program.