Julie Taymor
Directing
Born December 15, 1952 in 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
The Making of The Lion King Broadway
Herself
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Glorias
On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
The Lion King
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self
Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino
Herself
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Stage and Film Director
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Muse of Fire
Self
Pride of The Lion King
Self
Kurosawa's Way
Self
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Self
The Tempest
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
Self
Across the Universe
Lights, Action, Music
Self
The Magic Flute
The Colbert Report
Made in Hollywood
Self
Frida
Titus
The View
Self - Guest
Oedipus Rex
Fool's Fire
The Ghosts of Versailles
American Playhouse