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Julie Taymor

Directing
Known For

72 Years Old

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.

Born

Newton, Massachusetts, USA on 15th December 1952

All Credits

The Colbert Report Image
The Colbert Report
The View Image
The View
Self - Guest
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Behind the Scenes
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl Image
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché Image
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self
Muse of Fire Image
Muse of Fire
Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles Image
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Stage and Film Director
Pride of The Lion King Image
Pride of The Lion King
Herself
On Broadway Image
On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
Kurosawa's Way Image
Kurosawa's Way
Self
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer Image
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
Self
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Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles
Self
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino Image
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Herself
Lights, Action, Music Image
Lights, Action, Music
Self
Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino Image
Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino
Herself
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Creating the Universe