Julie Taymor
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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.
Known for
Credits
On Broadway (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl (2025)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
as Self
Kurosawa's Way (2011)
as Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
as Self - Stage and Film Director
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer (2010)
as Self
Lights, Action, Music (2007)
as Self
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino (2010)
as Self
Pride of The Lion King (2011)
as Self
Creating the Universe (2008)
Actor
Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles (2006)
as Self
Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino (2017)
as Herself
The Making of The Lion King Broadway (—)
as Herself