Loren Taylor is a director, actor and writer from Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Her debut feature as writer and director The Moon is Upside Down had its world premiere in competition at A-List festival POFF Tallinn Black Nights November 2023 where it played to sell-out houses and was awarded Best First Feature. It sold out at the Sydney International Film Festival in June 2024 and was awarded the Special Jury Award for Narrative Feature at the Santa Fe International Film Festival in October 2024. In 2025 it was one of ten films selected for The Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Non U.S. Release.

Hey Brainy Man, the NZFC-funded short Loren co-directed with Jo Randerson, won NZ's Best at Te Whānau Marama NZIFF 2023. 

Loren attended the Sundance Feature lab and worked with Taika Waititi on their award-winning screenplay for Eagle vs Shark. That film was picked up by Miramax and released world-wide. She won Best Actress at the Newport International and St Tropez Film Festivals for her role as Lily.

Loren has a co-casting credit for What We Do in the Shadows, an additional casting credit for The Light Between Oceans and casting associate credit for Top of The Lake. She is known for her work with children, which began with casting and on-set coaching for the Oscar nominated short Two Cars One Night.

She is an advisor for and Board member of Story Camp Aotearoa and has been a guest mentor at Jane Campion and Philippa Campbell’s Film Intensive ‘A Wave in the Ocean’.