Taylor Rees

A filmmaker, photojournalist, avid explorer, and co-director of Anna (Mountainfilm 2025), Taylor Rees brings deeper public understanding to the complexities of climate change, conservation, indigenous rights, environmental justice and extractive industries. Rees received a masters degree in environmental management from the Yale School of Forestry where she led the Yale Environmental Film Festival for two years before moving into a career as a full-time director, producer and shooter. Her documentary film Ashes to Ashes (Mountainfilm 2019) won Best Short Doc at the Oscar-qualifying River Run Film Festival. She directed From Kurils With Love and co-directed The Ghosts Above (both Mountainfilm 2020) with Renan Ozturk. She has shot and directed pieces for clients including National Geographic, The North Face, United Nations and is a Sony Artisan photographer.