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My Take
Astra Taylor is the kind of public intellectual I genuinely admire. A Winnipeg-born documentary filmmaker and author, she takes on subjects most people find too dull or too painful to confront, chief among them predatory debt. She turns philosophy into cinema, won an American Book Award, and refuses to let her ideas stay academic, choosing instead to organize and act. People like her do not chase trends; they pose the hard questions and shake the structures the rest of us simply endure. That she devotes her sharp mind to ordinary people's financial survival makes her both rare and worth rooting for.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Astra Taylor
- Name (Japanese)
- アストラ・テイラー
- Reading
- あすとら・ていらー
- Born
- September 30, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Goat
- Origin
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / director / author
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Brown University
Awards & achievements
- 2015 American Book Awards
- 2014 Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.hiddendriver.com/
- Xhttps://x.com/astradisastra
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astra%20Taylor
Frequently asked questions
When was Astra Taylor born?
Born September 30, 1979 (age 46).
Where is Astra Taylor from?
Astra Taylor is from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
What does Astra Taylor do?
Astra Taylor works as film director, director, author.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-23
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.