New Orleans native McHenry "Mac" Taylor makes intimate, DIY genre films through an arthouse lens. After studying film at SMU in Dallas, he wrote and directed the micro-budget Western feature "Elsewhere, TX", which screened at festivals nationwide and won Audience Choice and Best Western at the Reel East Texas Film Festival. He returned to New Orleans during COVID for film work, met his wife. They were married during production of his latest short, the paranormal thriller "POLY". He currently lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife, two cats, and a dog.