Taylor-Wood directed and produced the 2008 short Love You More. In 2009 she directed the movie Nowhere Boy and in 2011 the short James Bond Supports International Women’s Day. Taylor-Wood will direct the upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey movie in 2015. In 2009 she received honorable mention for the Short Filmmaking Award at the Sundance Film Festival. She has also been nominated for three BAFTA Awards. She has overcome cancer twice and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2011. Sam married actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson in 2012 and was formerly married to Jay Jopling. She has four children.