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Julie Taymor

Film Director / Screenwriter / Costume Designer / Scenographer / Film Producer / Theatre Director | * 12/15/1952 (71) | Newton, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA))
Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director and writer of theater, opera, and film. Her stage adaptation of The Lion King debuted in 1997 and received eleven Tony Award nominations, with Taymor receiving Tony Awards for her direction and costume design. Her 2002 film Frida, about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, was nominated for five Academy Awards, including a Best Original Song nomination for Taymor's composition "Burn It Blue." She also directed the 2007 jukebox musical film Across the Universe, based on the music of the Beatles. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Comedies

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An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the U.S. and around the ...

The Glorias

Certification unknown

2020 | 3.2/5 | 2h 27min
Drama
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A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work. ...

Frida

R

2002 | 3.7/5 | 2h 3min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy. ...

Titus

R

1999 | 3.3/5 | 2h 42min
Drama, History
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When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who j ...

Across the Universe

PG-13

2007 | 3.6/5 | 2h 13min
Drama, Romance / Love, Fantasy
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Awards & Nominations for Julie Taymor

Laurence Olivier Awards Guggenheim Fellowship MacArthur Fellows Program Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming Tony Award for Best Costume Design Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Fulbright Program Disney Legends Drama League Award Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theatre Tony Award for Best Scenic Design Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
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Movies with Julie Taymor as Actress(9)

as Self (archive footage)2021 On Broadway
as herself2018 Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
as herself2017 Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino
as Self - Stage and Film Director2014 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as herself2013 Muse of Fire
as herself2011 Kurosawa's Way
as herself2010 Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
2008 Creating the Universe
2007 Lights, Action, Music

TV Shows/Series with Julie Taymor as Actress(3)

2005 The Colbert Report
as Self - Guest1997 The View
1992 Behind the Scenes

Movies with Julie Taymor as Crew(18)

Directing/Director2020 The Glorias
Production/Producer2020 The Glorias
Writing/Screenplay2020 The Glorias
Directing/Director2014 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Directing/Director2010 The Tempest
Production/Producer2010 The Tempest
Writing/Screenplay2010 The Tempest
Directing/Director2007 Across the Universe
Art/Production Design2006 The Magic Flute
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer2006 The Magic Flute
Directing/Director2006 The Magic Flute
Directing/Director2002 Frida
Directing/Director1999 Titus
Production/Producer1999 Titus
Writing/Screenplay1999 Titus
Directing/Director1992 Fool's Fire
Writing/Screenplay1992 Fool's Fire
Crew/Creative Consultant1992 The Ghosts of Versailles

Full Name: Julie Taymor
Born: Monday, 12/15 1952 (December) in Newton, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 71 years + 133 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: California Institute of the Arts, Oberlin College, Newton North High School, L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq
Member of: Phi Beta Kappa Society
Spouses (current/former): Elliot Goldenthal
Related to: Danya Taymor
Student of: Jacques Lecoq
Julie Taymor frequently works together with these people:
Elliot Goldenthal (8x, Crew)
Meredith Vieira (5x, Actress)
Sherri Shepherd (4x, Actress)
Stephen Colbert (4x, Actor)
Giles Terera (4x, Actor)
Barbara Walters (4x, Actress)
Eckhart Schmidt (4x, Crew)
Pamela B. Green (4x, Crew)
Françoise Bonnot (4x, Crew)
Dan Poole (4x, Cast)
Salma Hayek (3x, Actress)
Matthias Gohl (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:75564, Added: 05/24/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024