Director
Julie Taymor
73 years · Newton, Massachusetts, USA · 21 films
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.
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Filmography 20
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
On Disney Plus
The Glorias
2020 · Director, Producer
On Kanopy
On Broadway
2019 · Self (archive footage)
On Plex
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018 · Self
On Plex
Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino
2017 · Herself
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Self - Stage and Film Director
On Kanopy
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2014 · Director
On Kanopy
Muse of Fire
2013 · Self
On Kanopy
Pride of The Lion King
2011 · Self
Kurosawa's Way
2011 · Self
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010 · Self
The Tempest
2010 · Director, Producer
On Marquee TV Amazon Channel
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
2010 · Self
Across the Universe
2007 · Director
On Kanopy
Lights, Action, Music
2007 · Self
The Magic Flute
2006 · Director
Frida
2002 · Director
On fuboTV
Titus
1999 · Screenplay, Director
Oedipus Rex
1993 · Director
Fool's Fire
1992 · Director, Producer