Julie Taymor
Born: 1952-12-15 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Known For: Directing
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Julie Taymor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
- The Glorias ... (Director)
2019
- On Broadway as Self (archive footage)
2018
2017
- Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino as Herself
2014
- A Midsummer Night's Dream ... (Director)
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Stage and Film Director
2013
- Muse of Fire as Self
2011
- Kurosawa's Way as Self
- Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark ... (Director)
- Pride of The Lion King as Self
2010
- The Tempest ... (Director)
- Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino as Herself
- Dante Ferretti: Production Designer as Self
2007
- Across the Universe ... (Director)
- Lights, Action, Music as Self
2006
- The Magic Flute ... (Director)
- Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles as Self
2005
- The Colbert Report
- Made in Hollywood as Self
2002
- Frida ... (Director)
1999
- Titus ... (Screenplay)
1997
- The View as Self - Guest
1993
- Oedipus Rex ... (Director)
1992
- Fool's Fire ... (Director)
- Behind the Scenes
- The Ghosts of Versailles ... (Creative Consultant)