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Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards in August: Three awards for her music video
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US singer Taylor Swift, 32, wants to direct her first feature film.
The US studio Searchlight Pictures, which produced Oscar winners such as "Nomadland" and "Shape of Water", announced its collaboration with Swift on Friday.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Searchlight bosses David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield said it was a privilege to accompany her on her "exciting new creative journey."
They hailed Swift as an extraordinary artist and storyteller.
Swift will direct the film from her own original script, it said.
Details about the title, content or cast were initially not known.
According to US media reports, the script for the film is already finished.
Details about its content or possible actors were not mentioned there either.
Award-winning videos and a short film
The singer has already directed several music videos and a short film.
At film festivals last summer, she presented her 14-minute film »All Too Well: The Short Film« about a failed romance.
At the MTV Video Music Awards in August, she picked up three awards for the video for her song "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" for Director, Video of the Year and Best Feature Music Video.
She has appeared in front of the camera as an actress several times, for example in films such as "Valentine's Day", "Cats" and "Amsterdam".
Swift is one of the most successful singers of the past decades and has won numerous awards.
With 40 trophies to date, the musician has received more American Music Awards than any other artist before her.
The awards are among the most important in the US music industry.
In the global Spotify charts, Swift was the artist with the second most streams this year.
Although her latest album »Midnights« was only released in mid-October.
»Midnights« immediately set a record in the US Billboard charts: Swift was the first artist to occupy the first ten places alone.
Demand for tickets to her new tour has been so strong over the past month that the booking system collapsed.
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