Taylor Swift to make feature directorial debut for script that she WROTE trends now Taylor Swift is set to make her feature directorial debut for an original script that she WROTE By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 16:10 GMT, 9 December 2022 | Updated: 16:14 GMT, 9 December 2022 Viewcomments Taylor Swift announced her plans to direct her first feature for an original script that she wrote, less than a year after earning Oscars buzz for All Too Well: The Short Film. After stepping behind the camera to co-direct the music video for her 2019 hit, ME!, the pop star, 32, has impressed fans with her video-making prowess by self-directing herself in her music videos for The Man (2019), Cardigan (2020), Willow (2020), Anti-Hero (2022), and Bejeweled (2022). Her project with be produced by Searchlight Pictures, which is the studio behind a number of critically-acclaimed flicks, including Nomadland and The Shape of Water. A force behind the camera: Taylor Swift announced her plans to direct her first feature for an original script that she wrote, less than a year after earning Oscars buzz for All Too Well: The Short Film; seen in 2021 While the plot and casting remains tightly under wraps, Searchlight presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield described the singer 'a once in a generation artist and storyteller.' 'It is a genuine joy and privilege to collaborate with her as she embarks on this exciting and new creative journey,' the pair gushed in a statement. The 11-time Grammy winner hinted at her next step at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, when asked if she would be open to directing a feature-length film. Career pivot: After stepping behind the camera to co-direct the music video for her 2019 hit, ME!, the pop star, 32, has impressed fans with her video-making prowess by self-directing herself in her music videos for The Man (2019), Cardigan (2020), Willow (2020), Anti-Hero (2022), and Bejeweled (2022) Exciting: Her project with be produced by Searchlight Pictures, which is the studio behind a number of critically-acclaimed flicks, including Nomadland and The Shape of Water (seen directing Oscar-winning actress Laura Dern in her Bejeweled music video earlier this year) 'I'd like to keep taking baby steps forward and I'm at a place now where the next baby step is not a baby step,' the performer teased. She continued: 'It would be committing to making a film and I feel like I would absolutely love for the right opportunity to arise, because I absolutely adore telling stories this way.' Last month, her work on on the production of All Too Well: The Short Film, starring Sadie Sink and Maze Runner's Dylan O'Brien, earned her the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year. In good company: Her project with be produced by Searchlight Pictures, which is the studio behind a number of critically-acclaimed flicks, including Nomadland and The Shape of Water Unexpected: Earlier this week, the Shake It Off hitmaker told The Hollywood Reporter , that if she could trade places with anyone for a day, she would choose Guillermo del Toro; seen in 2021 Previously, her first solo directorial debut for The Man in 2020, earned her a trophy for Best Direction. Earlier this week, the Shake It Off hitmaker told The Hollywood Reporter, that if she could trade places with anyone for a day, she would choose Guillermo del Toro. 'Imagine having that imagination, that visual vocabulary and that astonishing body of work,' Swift said. 'To have such a diverse storytelling range but somehow put your distinctive artistic fingerprint on every film.' Leaving clues: The 11-time Grammy winner hinted at her next step at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, when asked if she would be open to directing a feature-length film; seen in November Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility