Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
12/15/1952
Place of Birth
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Julie Taymor
Biography
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...
Known For
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
as Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Stage and Film Director
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
as Herself
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
as Self
Pride of The Lion King
as Self
Muse of Fire
as Self
Kurosawa's Way
as Self
Lights, Action, Music
as Self
Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino
as Herself
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)