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Born on September 30, 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Astra Taylor is a film director and author. That puts Astra Taylor at 46 years old in 2026. Education on record includes Brown University. Recorded honors include American Book Awards (2015) and Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant (2014).
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
- Occupation
- film director / director / author
2. Background
- University
- Brown University
Awards & achievements
- 2015 American Book Awards
- 2014 Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant
3. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.hiddendriver.com/
- Xhttps://x.com/astradisastra
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astra%20Taylor
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4811169
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-23
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
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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