Julie Taymor
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 15, 1952
- Place of birth
- Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director of theater, opera and film. Taymor's work has received many accolades from critics, and she has earned two Tony Awards out of four nominations, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design, an Emmy Award, and an Academy Award nomination for Original Song. She is widely known for directing the stage musical, The Lion King, for which she became the first woman to win the Tony Award for directing a musical, in addition to a Tony Award for Original Costume Design. She had been the director of the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark before leaving in March 2011, after four months of previews (the longest preview period for any show in Broadway history), following artistic differences with the producers.
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Movies with Julie Taymor
- Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché 2018 · ★ 7.2
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles 2014 · ★ 6.5
- The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl 2025 · ★ 7.4
- Kurosawa's Way 2011 · ★ 5.8
- Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino 2010 · ★ 8.5
- On Broadway 2019 · ★ 8.7
- Dante Ferretti: Production Designer 2010 · ★ 6.3
- Pride of The Lion King 2011 · ★ 8.0
- Muse of Fire 2013 · ★ 6.5
- Lights, Action, Music 2007 · ★ 7.0
- Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles 2006
- Creating the Universe 2008
- Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino 2017
Movies directed by Julie Taymor
- Frida 2002 · ★ 7.4
- Across the Universe 2007 · ★ 7.1
- Titus 1999 · ★ 6.4
- The Tempest 2010 · ★ 5.3
- The Glorias 2020 · ★ 6.5
- A Midsummer Night's Dream 2014 · ★ 6.3
- Fool's Fire 1992 · ★ 5.3
- The Magic Flute 2006 · ★ 8.8
- Oedipus Rex 1993