Julie Taymor
Known for: Directing
Born: December 15, 1952
Place of birth: Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Julie Taymor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
26 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
7.3
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025
6.5
The Glorias
2020
8.7
On Broadway
2019
7.1
The Lion King
2019
7.2
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018
NR
Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino
2017
6.5
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
6.3
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2014
6.5
Muse of Fire
2013
8.0
Pride of The Lion King
2011
5.8
Kurosawa's Way
2011
8.5
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010
5.3
The Tempest
2010
6.3
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
2010NR
Creating the Universe
2008
7.1
Across the Universe
2007
7.0
Lights, Action, Music
2007
8.8
The Magic Flute
2006NR
Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles
2006
7.0
The Colbert Report
2005
4.6
Made in Hollywood
2005
7.4
Frida
2002
6.4
Titus
1999
4.3
The View
1997
NR
Oedipus Rex
19937.0
Behind the Scenes
1992
5.3
Fool's Fire
1992
7.5
The Ghosts of Versailles
1992
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
NR
The Making of The Lion King Broadway
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Raising The Tempest
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