Julie Taymor

Known for DirectingBorn 1952-12-15 (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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Julie Taymor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Pride of The Lion King

The Ghosts of Versailles

On Broadway

The Magic Flute

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

Frida

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl

The Lion King

Across the Universe

Lights, Action, Music

The Colbert Report

Behind the Scenes

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Muse of Fire

The Glorias

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Titus

Dante Ferretti: Production Designer

Kurosawa's Way

The Tempest

Fool's Fire

Made in Hollywood

The View

Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino

Creating the Universe

Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles

The Lion King Broadway Musical

Oedipus Rex

The Making of The Lion King Broadway