Julie Taymor
Directing
Born December 15, 1952 · 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.
Directed (9)
Acting (13)
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025
On Broadway
2019
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018
Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino
2017
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Muse of Fire
2013
Pride of The Lion King
2011
Kurosawa's Way
2011
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
2010
Creating the Universe
2008
Lights, Action, Music
2007
Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles
2006