Julie Taymor
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 15, 1952
- Birthplace
- Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Filmography
- Raising The Tempest
Raising The Tempest TBA
Director
The Making of The Lion King Broadway TBA
as Herself
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl 2025
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Glorias 2020
Director, Producer, Screenplay
On Broadway 2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Lion King 2019
Executive Producer
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché 2018
as Self
Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino 2017
as Herself
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles 2014
as Self - Stage and Film Director
A Midsummer Night's Dream 2014
Director
Muse of Fire 2013
as Self
Pride of The Lion King 2011
as Self
Kurosawa's Way 2011
as Self
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino 2010
as Self
The Tempest 2010
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer 2010
as Self
- Creating the Universe
Creating the Universe 2008
Actor
Across the Universe 2007
Director
Lights, Action, Music 2007
as Self
The Magic Flute 2006
Director, Costume Designer, Production Design
- Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles
Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles 2006
as Self
Frida 2002
Director, Lyricist
Titus 1999
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Oedipus Rex 1993
Director, Stage Director
Fool's Fire 1992
Director, Costume Design, Producer, Screenplay
The Ghosts of Versailles 1992
Creative Consultant
Credits from TMDB.