Julie Taymor
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2019 ·On Broadwayas Self (archive footage)
- 2018 ·Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blachéas Self
- 2017 ·Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kinoas Herself
- 2014 ·Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Wellesas Self - Stage and Film Director
- 2013 ·Muse of Fireas Self
- 2011 ·Pride of The Lion Kingas Herself
- 2011 ·Kurosawa's Wayas Self
- 2010 ·Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destinoas Herself
- 2010 ·Dante Ferretti: Production Designeras Self
- 2008 ·Creating the Universeas
- 2007 ·Lights, Action, Musicas Self
- 2006 ·Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angelesas Self
- 2005 ·The Colbert Reportas
- 1997 ·The Viewas Self - Guest
- 1992 ·Behind the Scenesas