Julie Taymor
Director
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 four months of previews (the longest preview period for any show in Broadway history), following artistic differences with the producers.
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Filmography
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
as Self 2018
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Stage and Film Director 2014
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2025
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
as Self 2010
Kurosawa's Way
as Self 2011
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage) 2019
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
as Self 2010
Muse of Fire
as Self 2013
Pride of The Lion King
as Self 2011
Lights, Action, Music
as Self 2007
Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles
as Self 2006
Creating the Universe
2008