Julie Taymor

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1952-12-15 (73 years old)

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 Off the Dark before leaving in March 2011, after ...

Production

2002

Frida

as Director

2007

1999

Titus

as Screenplay

1999

Titus

as Director

1999

Titus

as Producer

1992

Fool's Fire

as Director

2010

The Tempest

as Director

2010

The Tempest

as Producer

2010

The Tempest

as Screenplay

1992

Fool's Fire

as Costume Design

2006

The Magic Flute

as Director

1992

Fool's Fire

as Producer

2020

The Glorias

as Director

2020

The Glorias

as Producer

2020

The Glorias

as Screenplay

1992

Fool's Fire

as Screenplay

2006

The Magic Flute

as Costume Designer

1992

The Ghosts of Versailles

as Creative Consultant

2006

The Magic Flute

as Production Design

1993

Oedipus Rex

as Director

1993

Oedipus Rex

as Stage Director

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