Julie Taymor
Directing
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…
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Known For
American Playhouse
1982 · TV
The Colbert Report
2005 · TV
The View
1997 · TV
The Lion King
2019 · Movie
Made in Hollywood
2005 · TV
Across the Universe
2007 · Movie
Titus
1999 · Movie
Frida
2002 · Movie
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025 · Movie
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Movie
The Tempest
2010 · Movie
The Glorias
2020 · Movie