Julie Taymor
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday15 December 1952 (73 years old)
Place of birthNewton, Massachusetts, USA
Known credits31
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…
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Glorias
2020 · Director
The Glorias
2020 · Producer
The Glorias
2020 · Screenplay
On Broadway
2019 · Self (archive footage)
The Lion King
2019 · Executive Producer
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018 · Self
Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino
2017 · Herself
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Self - Stage and Film Director
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2014 · Director
Muse of Fire
2013 · Self
Pride of The Lion King
2011 · Self
Kurosawa's Way
2011 · Self
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010 · Self
The Tempest
2010 · Director
The Tempest
2010 · Producer
The Tempest
2010 · Screenplay
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
2010 · Self
Creating the Universe
2008
Across the Universe
2007 · Director
Lights, Action, Music
2007 · Self
The Magic Flute
2006 · Director
The Magic Flute
2006 · Costume Designer
The Magic Flute
2006 · Production Design
Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles
2006 · Self
The Colbert Report
2005
Made in Hollywood
2005 · Self
Frida
2002 · Director
Frida
2002 · Lyricist
Titus
1999 · Screenplay
Titus
1999 · Director
Titus
1999 · Producer
The View
1997 · Self - Guest
Oedipus Rex
1993 · Director
Oedipus Rex
1993 · Stage Director
Behind the Scenes
1992
Fool's Fire
1992 · Director
Fool's Fire
1992 · Costume Design
Fool's Fire
1992 · Producer
Fool's Fire
1992 · Screenplay
The Ghosts of Versailles
1992 · Creative Consultant
American Playhouse
1982 · Director
American Playhouse
1982 · Writer
The Making of The Lion King Broadway
Herself
Raising The Tempest
Director
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