Julie Taymor
Directing
- Born
- December 15, 1952 (age 73) · 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.
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Known for
The Lion King
July 12, 2019
Frida
August 29, 2002
Across the Universe
September 14, 2007
Titus
December 25, 1999
The Tempest
September 11, 2010
The Glorias
December 18, 2020
A Midsummer Night's Dream
September 8, 2014
Fool's Fire
March 25, 1992
The Magic Flute
December 30, 2006
The Ghosts of Versailles
January 10, 1992
Oedipus Rex
January 1, 1993
Behind the camera12
- 2020The Glorias Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 2019The Lion King Executive Producer
- 2014A Midsummer Night's Dream Director
- 2010The Tempest Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 2007Across the Universe Director
- 2006The Magic Flute Director, Costume Designer, Production Design
- 2002Frida Director, Lyricist
- 1999Titus Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1993Oedipus Rex Director, Stage Director
- 1992Fool's Fire