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{{short description|American film and theatre director and writer (born 1952)}}
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| name               = Julie Taymor
| image              = Julie Taymor at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2022 (52461091576) (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Taymor, 2022 [[Tokyo International Film Festival]] 
| alt                = Headshot of Caucasian woman with brown hair wearing black with silver necklace
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1952|12|15}}
| birth_place        = [[Newton, Massachusetts]], U.S.
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| education          = [[L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq]]<br />[[Oberlin College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation         = Film and stage director, screenwriter
| partner            = [[Elliot Goldenthal]] (1980–present)
| relatives          = [[Danya Taymor]] (niece)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/theater/outsiders-broadway-musical-se-hinton.html|title = On the Road With 'The Outsiders,' Where the Greasers and Socs Rumbled|last = Ryzik|first = Melena|date = February 22, 2024|accessdate = June 17, 2024|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited}}</ref>
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'''Julie Taymor''' (born December 15, 1952) is an American director and writer of theater, opera, and film. Her stage adaptation of ''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]'' debuted in 1997 and received eleven [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]] nominations, with Taymor receiving Tony Awards for her [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|direction]] and [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design|costume design]]. Her 2002 film ''[[Frida (2002 film)|Frida]]'', about Mexican artist [[Frida Kahlo]], was nominated for five [[Academy Awards]], including a [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] nomination for Taymor's composition "Burn It Blue". She also directed the 2007 [[Jukebox musical|jukebox]] [[musical film]] ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'', based on the music of [[the Beatles]].

==Early life==
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Taymor was born in [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]], [[Massachusetts]], the daughter of Elizabeth (née Bernstein), a [[political science]] professor and Democratic activist, and Melvin Lester Taymor, a [[gynecologist]] and prominent fertility researcher later at [[Harvard Medical School]].<ref name=jwa>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/taymor-julie#bibliography|title=Julie Taymor|publisher=[[Jewish Women's Archive]]|author=Blumenthal, Eileen|access-date=2011-03-09}}</ref><ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/18/Julie-Taymor.html "Julie Taymor Biography"], Film Reference.com, accessed August 28, 2011</ref> Taymor's interest in [[theatre]] took root early in her life. By age ten, she had joined the Boston Children's Theatre and starred in a number of productions. Being the youngest member of theatre groups became common. By 13, she was taking trips to Boston by herself every weekend, where she discovered Julie Portman's Theatre Workshop. At the age of 15, her parents sent her to both Sri Lanka and India with the [[Experiment in International Living]].<ref name="Munro 2000 509">{{cite book|last=Munro|first=Eleanor|title=Originals: American Women Artists|year=2000|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=New York|isbn=0-306-80955-9|page=509}}</ref> After graduating from high school at 16, Taymor went to Paris to study with [[L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq]]. Her studies there exposed her to [[mime]], which helped develop her physical sensibilities. While in Paris, Taymor worked with masks for the first time and immersed herself in film, especially the work of [[Federico Fellini|Fellini]] and [[Akira Kurosawa|Kurosawa]].<ref name="Munro 2000 509" />

In 1970 Taymor enrolled at [[Oberlin College]] in [[Ohio]]. During her second year, she interned with [[Joseph Chaikin]]'s [[Open Theatre]] and other companies in New York City. Hearing that director [[Herbert Blau]] was moving to Oberlin, she returned there and auditioned successfully, becoming, once again, the youngest member of a troupe. In 1973, Taymor attended a summer program of the [[Robert E. Brown|American Society for Eastern Arts]] in [[Seattle]]. The instructors were masters of Indonesian [[topeng]] masked dance-drama and [[wayang|wayang kulit]] shadow puppetry. This would prove to have a great effect on Taymor in later years. Taymor graduated from Oberlin College with a major in mythology and folklore and with [[Phi Beta Kappa]] honors in 1974. She spent a summer with [[Bread and Puppet Theater]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/32955|title=Julie Taymor: From Jacques Lecoq to ''The Lion King''|journal=[[TDR (journal)|TDR: The Drama Review]]|volume=43|number=3|pages=35–55|date=Fall 1999|author=[[Richard Schechner]]|via=[[Project MUSE]]|access-date=2022-12-08}}</ref>

As a college senior, Taymor won a year long [[Thomas J. Watson Fellowship]] that began after graduation. The Watson allowed her to travel to Japan and Indonesia, and after the fellowship expired she continued her travels independently from 1975 until 1979. In Indonesia, she developed a mask/dance company, Teatr Loh, consisting of Japanese, Balinese, Sundanese, French, German and American actors, musicians, dancers and puppeteers. The company toured throughout Indonesia with two original productions, ''Way of Snow'' and ''Tirai'', which were subsequently performed in the United States. She met her long-time collaborator, [[Elliot Goldenthal]], in 1980.

Taymor was the 2010 [[commencement speaker]] for her [[alma mater]], Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio.

==Career==

===Theatre===
Back in New York from Indonesia, Taymor remounted ''Tirai'' at [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club|La MaMa]] in 1980. Her next project, ''The Haggadah'', came from the desire of [[The Public Theater]] director [[Joseph Papp]] to create an annual Passover pageant that would be culturally inclusive. In 1984, Taymor worked in collaboration with [[Theatre for a New Audience]] on a 60-minute version of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' presented at The Public Theater. Two years later, she directed her first [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] play, ''[[The Tempest]]'', for Theatre for a New Audience. She went on to direct three other productions at that theatre: ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' and ''[[The Green Bird]]'' by [[Carlo Gozzi]]. She later adapted ''Tempest'' and ''Titus'' into major motion pictures.

Taymor is known for a distinct visual style, with extensive use of puppets and masks, developed largely from her time in Indonesia working with Teatr Loh.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.makers.com/videos/552d2e61e4b02be214c31b96| title= Julie Taymor: Director of Theatre & Film| author= <!--Not Stated-->| publisher=makers| access-date= 2018-11-16}}</ref>

Taymor is most widely recognized for her production of ''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]'', which opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1997. ''The Lion King''{{'}}s worldwide gross exceeds that of any entertainment title in box office history, and has been presented in over 100 cities in over 20 countries, having been seen by more than 100 million people worldwide.<ref name="Oprah Interviews Julie Taymor">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Oprah-Interviews-Julie-Taymor |title= Oprah Interviews Julie Taymor|magazine=[[O, The Oprah Magazine]]|access-date=2012-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.playbill.com/article/the-top-10-highest-grossing-broadway-shows-of-all-time |title= The Top 10 Highest-Grossing Broadway Shows of All Time |last= Culwell-Block| first= Logan| website=[[Playbill]]| date= 2018-04-06| access-date= 2018-11-16}}</ref>

Taymor has the distinction of being the first woman to receive the [[Tony Award]] for Best Direction of a Musical, which she won for ''The Lion King''.<ref name="Oprah Interviews Julie Taymor" /> She also received a Tony Award for her original costume designs for the production. Taymor co-designed the masks and puppets, and wrote additional lyrics for the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disney.co.uk/musicaltheatre/TheLionKing/abouttheshow/julietaymor.jsp |title= Disney Musical Theatre|publisher=Disney|access-date=2012-03-20}}</ref> In 2007, ''The Lion King'' was performed in Johannesburg, and had its first French language production in Paris. In 2008, ''Le Roi Lion'' was awarded Best Costume Design, Best Lighting Design, and Best Musical at the [[Molière Award]]s, the national theatre awards of France.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/le-roi-lion-the-lion-king-wins-moliere-award-for-best-musical-com-149674|title=''Le Roi Lion'' (''The Lion King'') Wins Molière Award for Best Musical|work=[[Playbill]]|access-date=2022-07-30}}</ref>

In 2000, Taymor directed Carlo Gozzi's ''[[The Green Bird]]'' on Broadway. The work was first produced in 1996 by Theatre for a New Audience at the [[New Victory Theater]] and presented at the [[La Jolla Playhouse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/greenbird.html |title= Talkin' Broadway Review: ''The Green Bird''|publisher=talkinbroadway.com|access-date=2012-03-20}}</ref> Taymor's stage production of Shakespeare's ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' was produced [[off-Broadway]] by Theatre for a New Audience in 1994. Other directing credits include ''The Tempest'', ''The Taming of the Shrew'', ''The Transposed Heads'', based on [[The Transposed Heads|the novella]] by [[Thomas Mann]], co-produced by the American Musical Theater Festival and the [[Lincoln Center]]; and ''Liberty's Taken'', an original musical co-created with David Suehsdorf and Elliot Goldenthal.

Her original music-theatre work, ''[[Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass]]'', presented at Lincoln Center's [[Vivian Beaumont Theater]] in 1996, received five Tony Award nominations including Best Director. Originally produced by Music Theater Group in 1988, ''Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass'' was directed by Taymor, and co-written with Elliot Goldenthal. The recipient of two Obies and numerous other awards, the piece was performed at The Edinburgh International Festival, as well as festivals in France, Jerusalem and Montreal, and had an extended run in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/25/theater/child-with-inner-jaguar-in-a-60-s-dreamscape.html|title=Child With Inner Jaguar In a 60's Dreamscape|work=[[The New York Times]]|last=Brantley|first=Ben|author-link=Ben Brantley|date=1996-11-25|access-date=2022-07-30}}</ref>

[[File:Julie Taymor.jpg|right|thumb|Taymor, 2007 [[Toronto International Film Festival]]|alt=Taymor in white overcoat, jeans and sneakers, holding microphone, seated, facing camera]]
In April 2007, it was announced that a musical adaptation of ''[[Spider-Man]]'' was being prepared for [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. Taymor was selected to direct the show and write the book with [[Glen Berger]]. The production was to feature music and lyrics by [[Bono]] and [[The Edge]]. The musical, ''[[Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark]]'', was scheduled to begin previews on November 28, 2010, at the [[Foxwoods Theatre]]. The play was delayed for several months due to numerous injuries, and Taymor was fired and replaced by Philip William McKinley. The play officially opened on June 14, 2011, having set the record for the longest preview period in the history of Broadway at 182 performances. The production also set the record for most expensive Broadway production at an estimated $75 million.<ref>Pennacchio, George. [https://abc7.com/archive/8191203/ "''Spider-Man'' musical opens: What critics said"] . ABClocal-[[KABC-TV|KABC]], June 14, 2011</ref> In November 2011, Taymor sued the show's producers, [[Michael Cohl]] and Jeremiah J. Harris, claiming that they were profiting from her creative contributions without compensating her.<ref>{{cite news |title=Julie Taymor Sues ''Spider-Man'' Team Over Royalties |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/theater/deposed-director-taymor-files-suit-over-spider-man-fees.html|author=Patrick Healy|work=The New York Times |date=November 8, 2011}}</ref> Taymor and the producers reached a settlement in August 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/taymor-spider-man-producers-reach-undisclosed-settlement-on-dueling-lawsuits/|title=Taymor, ''Spider-Man'' Producers Reach Undisclosed Settlement on Dueling Lawsuits|date=August 30, 2012|author=[[Dave Itzkoff]]}}</ref>

Taymor was a 2015 inductee into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]] for Lifetime Achievement.<ref>[https://www.playbill.com/article/presenters-announced-for-starry-theater-hall-of-fame-ceremony-com-371150 "Presenters Announced for Starry Theater Hall of Fame Ceremony"], ''[[Playbill]]'', November 11, 2015</ref>

Taymor directed a Broadway revival of [[David Henry Hwang]]'s ''[[M. Butterfly]]'', starring [[Clive Owen]], which opened on October 26, 2017, at the [[James Earl Jones Theatre|Cort Theatre]], with previews beginning on October 7. David Henry Hwang made changes to the original text for the revival, mostly centering on the issue of intersectional identities.

===Stage production history===
*''Way of Snow'' (1974–75, 1980) – writer, director, and designer in Java and Bali and The Ark Theater, New York City
*''Tirai'' (1978–79, 1981) – writer, director, and designer in Java and Bali and La MaMa, New York City
*''The Haggadah'' (1980) – sets, costumes, masks, and puppetry produced for the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater, New York City
*''Black Elk Lives'' (1981) – sets, masks, and puppetry produced at Intermedia Theater, New York City
*''The King Stag'' (1984) – costumes, masks, puppetry and choreography produced at ART, Cambridge, Massachusetts
*''Liberty's Taken'' (1985) – director, masks, and puppetry produced at the Castle Hill Festival, Massachusetts
*''[[The Transposed Heads]]'' (1984, 1986) – director, masks, and puppetry produced at The Ark Theater, New York City and Lincoln Center
*''[[The Tempest]]'' (1986, by Shakespeare, abridged) – director, puppetry. produced for Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) at [[Classic Stage Company]] (New York City)
*''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' (1988, by Shakespeare) – director, produced by Theatre For a New Audience
*''[[Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass]]'' (1988, 1990, 1996) – director, co-bookwriter, co-[[scenic design]]er, co-[[costume design]]er, [[Mask#Entertainment|mask designer]], [[Puppet|puppet designer]]<br />– [[Tony Award]] co-nomination for Best Scenic Design, Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Musical
*''[[Oedipus rex (opera)|Oedipus rex]]'' (1992, by [[Igor Stravinsky]]) – director, puppetry. at Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto (taped for TV, released 1993 / released DVD)
*''[[The Magic Flute]]'' (1993, by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] – director, costume designer, masks and puppetry designer by Taymor and Michael Curry)
*''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' (1994, by Shakespeare) – director, produced by Theatre For a New Audience
*''[[The Flying Dutchman (opera)|The Flying Dutchman]]'' (1996, by [[Richard Wagner]]) – director
*''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]'' (1995 premiere at Passionstheater, [[Oberammergau]], Germany) directed and choreographed by Taymor and Andreas Liyepa
*''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]'' (1997) – director, [[lyricist]] for the song "Endless Night", costume designer, co-mask designer, co-puppet designer<br />– Tony Award winner for Best Direction of a Musical, Tony Award co-nomination for [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]], Tony Award winner for Best Costume Design
*''[[The Green Bird]]'' (1996, 2000) – director, mask designer, puppet designer produced by Theatre for a New Audience at the New Victory Theater (1996), La Jolla, and on Broadway at the Cort Theatre (2000)
*''The Magic Flute'' (premiered 2005, opera by Mozart) – director, [[Metropolitan Opera]], New York, live broadcast
*''The Magic Flute'' (2006), newly translated and abridged version, Metropolitan Opera, [[Opera Australia]] (2012)
*''[[Grendel]]'' (2007, opera by [[Elliot Goldenthal]]) – librettist, director, co-commissioned and performed at the [[Los Angeles Opera]] and the Lincoln Center Festival
*''[[Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark]]'' (2010, musical adaptation of ''[[Spider-Man]]'') – director, co-author, mask designer, Broadway at the Foxwoods Theatre
*''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (2013) – director, Theatre for a New Audience, Polonsky Shakespeare Center
*''Grounded'' (2015) – director, The Public Theater
*''[[M. Butterfly]]'' (2017) – director, Broadway at the Cort Theatre

===Film===

Taymor's first film, ''Fool's Fire'', which she co-directed and adapted from [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s short story, [[Hop-Frog]], was produced by [[American Playhouse]]. The hour-long film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on PBS in March 1992.<ref name= "sundance">{{cite web | url=http://history.sundance.org/films/469 | title=Fool's Fire | publisher=[[Sundance Institute]] Archives | year=1992 | access-date=February 15, 2012}}</ref> In the film, all characters except the titular character Hop-Frog are either elaborate puppets or masks, not unlike Taymor's stage work.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.puppet.org/pdf/Museum%20Exhibition%20Catalogs/1999_Fool's%20Fire_The%20Genius%20of%20Julie%20Taymor.pdf| title= Fool's Fire: the Genius of Julie Taymor| publisher= exhibition at the Center for Puppetry Arts| access-date= 2018-11-16}}</ref> The film won the Best Drama award at the Tokyo International Electronic Cinema Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmbug.com/db/37043|title=Julie Taymor |publisher=FilmBug.com |access-date=2012-01-20}}</ref>

Taymor also directed a film adaptation of opera ''[[Oedipus rex (opera)|Oedipus rex]]'' after directing a stage production of the same opera. The film premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] and won the Jury Award at the Montreal Festival of Film on Art. Broadcast internationally in 1993, the film garnered an Emmy Award and the 1994 [[International Classical Music Awards|International Classical Music Award]] for Best Opera Production.<ref name=jwa />

Taymor's feature film debut, ''[[Titus (film)|Titus]]'' (1999), starring [[Anthony Hopkins]], [[Jessica Lange]], [[Alan Cumming]] and [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]], was an adaptation of Shakespeare's play ''[[Titus Andronicus]]''. Taymor adapted the screenplay and produced the film, which received an Academy Award nomination for costume design.

Taymor received critical acclaim for her direction of [[Salma Hayek]] and [[Alfred Molina]] in ''[[Frida (2002 film)|Frida]]'' (2002), a biographical film about the Mexican artist [[Frida Kahlo]]. ''Frida'' garnered six [[Academy Award]] nominations, including a Best Actress nomination for Hayek, and won two Academy Awards for make-up and original score.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003 |title=The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners |access-date={{date}} |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=5 October 2014 |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110020903/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003 |archive-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref> ''Frida'' was honored with four [[BAFTA]] nominations and one win, including nominations for Hayek and Molina, as well as two [[Golden Globe]] nominations, winning the Golden Globe for Best Original Score.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dlwaldron.com/ElliotGoldenthal.html|title=Elliot Goldenthal Composer of Music for the Movies |publisher=dhwaldron.com|access-date=2012-01-22}}</ref> In addition, the film received two [[Screen Actors Guild]] nominations. The film premiered at the [[Venice Film Festival]] where it won the festival's [[Mimmo Rotella]] Foundation Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.life.com/celebrity-pictures/82034238/2002-venice-film-festival-opening-night-frida-premiere|title=2002 Venice Film Festival – Opening Night – ''Frida'' Premiere|publisher=LIFE.com|access-date=2012-01-22}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Her next film was the [[jukebox musical]] ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'' (2008), which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Musical/Comedy as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Costume Design.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The 80th (2008) Academy Awards |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2008 |url-status=live |access-date={{Date}} |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004725/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2008 |archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> With a collection of 33 [[Beatles]] songs, the film stars [[Evan Rachel Wood]] and [[Jim Sturgess]] in a 1960s love story set to the music of The Beatles, and featured performances by [[Bono]], [[Joe Cocker]], [[Eddie Izzard]] and [[Salma Hayek]]. Taymor both directed and co-wrote the story for the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/movies/14univ.html|title=''Across the Universe'' review|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 14, 2007|access-date=2012-01-22|first=Stephen|last=Holden|author-link=Stephen Holden}}</ref>

In November 2008, Taymor directed a film version of Shakespeare's ''[[The Tempest (2010 film)|The Tempest]]'', released in December 2010 starring [[Helen Mirren]], [[Alfred Molina]], [[Djimon Hounsou]] and [[Ben Whishaw]]. Working behind the camera with Taymor on ''The Tempest'' were the [[Academy Award]] winners Elliot Goldenthal for music, [[Sandy Powell (costume designer)|Sandy Powell]] for costumes, and [[Françoise Bonnot]]. Taymor produced the feature and adapted the screenplay based on Shakespeare's play.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/the-woman-with-the-magic-touch/2008/07/04/1214951042914.html|title=The woman with the magic touch|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=July 5, 2008|access-date=2011-03-09|location=Melbourne|first=Michael|last=Shmith|author-link=Michael Shmith}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|author-link=Anthony Breznican|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-05-07-tempest07_ST_N.htm|title=First look: Helen Mirren in lead role in Julie Taymor's ''Tempest''|work=[[USA Today]]|date=2010-05-09|access-date=2011-03-09}}</ref>

She also completed a cinematic version of [[William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare's]] ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', starring [[David Harewood]], [[Max Casella]] and [[Kathryn Hunter]], and filmed during her critically acclaimed, sold-out stage production that ran at Theatre for a New Audience's new home in [[Downtown Brooklyn]]. The film was shown at the 2014 [[Toronto International Film Festival]] as part of the Mavericks in Film Programme.

Taymor directed and co-wrote ''[[The Glorias]]'', a biopic of feminist icon [[Gloria Steinem]], based on her novel ''My Life on the Road'', starring [[Julianne Moore]], [[Alicia Vikander]], [[Bette Midler]], and [[Janelle Monae]]. The movie premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] and was released by [[Amazon Prime]] on September 30, 2020.

==Works==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:26px;"| Year
! Title
! width="65"| Director
! width="65"| Writer
! width="65"| Producer
! Notes
|-
| 1992
|''Fool's Fire''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| TV movie;<br />Also costume designer
|-
| 1999
|''[[Titus (film)|Titus]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2002
|''[[Frida (2002 film)|Frida]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Also Tango choreographer (credited as Taymor) and lyricist for the song "Burn it Blue"
|-
| 2007
|''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{partial|Story}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 2010
|''[[The Tempest (2010 film)|The Tempest]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2019
|''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'' 
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{partial|executive producer}}
|
|-
|2020
|''[[The Glorias]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Also uncredited cameo
|}

===Recorded plays/opera===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:26px;"| Year
! Title
! width="65"| Director
! width="65"| Writer
! width="65"| Producer
! width="65"| Puppets
! width="65"| Masks
! Notes
|-
| 1986
| ''[[The Tempest]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Also co-scenic designer and co-costume designer
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Oedipus rex (opera)|Oedipus rex]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| Also sculpture designer and editor;<br />released as an episode of ''[[Great Performances]]''
|- 
| 1995
| ''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Also co-choreographer;<br />Co-directed and co-choreographed with Andreas Liyepa
|-
| 1997
| ''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Also lyricist for the song "Endless Night" and costume designer
|-
| 2014
| ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|}

===Opera===
[[File:Julie Taymor Shankbone 2009 Metropolitan Opera.jpg|thumb|Taymor, Metropolitan Opera 2009]]
Taymor's first opera direction was of [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]]'s ''[[Oedipus rex (opera)|Oedipus rex]]'', for the [[Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto|Saito Kinen Orchestra]] in Japan, under the baton of [[Seiji Ozawa]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/julie_taymor|title=American Theatre Wing Biography: Julie Taymor|publisher=AmericanTheatreWing.org|date=July 2007|access-date=2012-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512172705/http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/julie_taymor|archive-date=2013-05-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> The opera featured [[Philip Langridge]] as [[Oedipus]] and [[Jessye Norman]] as [[Jocasta]]. Taymor went on to direct the film adaptation of the opera Oedipus Rex.<ref name=jwa />

She went on to direct Wagner's ''[[The Flying Dutchman (opera)|The Flying Dutchman]]'' for the [[Los Angeles Opera]] in a co-production with the [[Houston Grand Opera]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-03-ca-41640-story.html|title=Fly, 'Dutchman,' Fly : Not content to just accept the classic story as it stands, director Julie Taymor has reworked Wagner's Romantic epic, adding new interests and personalities to the players.|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author=Swed, Mark|date=1995-03-09|access-date=2012-02-14}}</ref>

She directed [[Richard Strauss]]' ''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]'' for the [[Kirov Opera]] in Russia, Germany, and Israel, conducted by [[Valery Gergiev]].<ref name=jwa /> Taymor's first direction of ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' ({{Lang|de|Die Zauberflöte}}), was for the [[Maggio Musicale Fiorentino]] in Florence, with [[Zubin Mehta]] conducting in 1993. Over a decade later, Taymor premiered ''The Magic Flute'' at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in 2004. The show is now in repertoire there. A newly translated and abridged English version of the opera premiered at the Met in December 2006, and inaugurated a new series on [[PBS]] in 2010 entitled, ''[[Great Performances]] at the Met'' as well as launched the [[Metropolitan Opera Live in HD]] series of movie-theater transmissions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/urban/seasons/fallpreview2004/9842/|title=The Circle of Life: ''The Lion King''{{'}}s Julie Taymor returns to opera, reimagining ''The Magic Flute'' for the Met|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|author=Zuckerman, Alicia|date=2005-05-21|access-date=2012-02-14}}</ref>

In June 2006, Taymor directed the premiere of [[Elliot Goldenthal]]'s opera ''Grendel'' for the Los Angeles Opera, starring [[Eric Owens (bass-baritone)|Eric Owens]], which was also presented as part of the Summer 2006 [[Lincoln Center]] Festival in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5542123|title=''Grendel'': An Operatic Monster's Tale|publisher=NPR Books|author=Lunden, Jeff|date=2006-07-21|access-date=2012-02-14}}</ref> A darkly comic retelling of the [[Beowulf]] tale based on [[Grendel (novel)|the novel]] by [[John Gardner (American writer)|John Gardner]], the opera was co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Opera and the [[Lincoln Center]] Festival. The opera was a finalist for the [[Pulitzer Prize for Music]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://film360365.com/festival/event?org=10657&event=34112 |title= 365 Film Festival: Conversation with Julie Taymor|publisher=[[360 365 Film Festival]]|access-date=2012-02-14}}</ref>

For the Metropolitan Opera 2005/06 season, Taymor directed a successful production of ''[[The Magic Flute]]''. It was revised for the 2006/07 season and, in addition to full-length performances, was adapted for a 100-minute version over the holiday season to appeal to children. That version of the opera was the first of a series of [[National CineMedia#NCM Fathom|NCM Fathom]] Live on the Big Screen presentations of MET operas downloaded via satellite to movie theaters across North America and parts of Europe for the 2006/07 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/julie-taymors-the-magic-flute-opens-at-met-opera-oct-8-com-122394|title=Julie Taymor's ''The Magic Flute'' Opens at Met Opera, Oct. 8|work=[[Playbill]]|author=Mattison, Ben|date=2004-10-08|access-date=2022-07-30}}</ref> In 2012, [[Opera Australia]] produced this version with locally built scenery and props at the [[Sydney Opera House]], the [[Arts Centre Melbourne]], and the [[Queensland Performing Arts Centre]] in Brisbane.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opera-australia.org.au/discover/features/Opera_Australia_Taymor_Flute|title='This Flute's a hoot!'|publisher=[[Opera Australia]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203051109/http://www.opera-australia.org.au/discover/features/Opera_Australia_Taymor_Flute|archive-date=2011-12-03}}</ref>

===Books===
*''The Lion King: Pride Rock on Broadway'', [[Hachette Books#Hyperion Books|Hyperion Books]], 1998, {{isbn|9780786863426}}
* ''Titus: The Illustrated Screenplay'', [[Newmarket Press]], 2000, {{isbn|9781557044365}}
* (with Eileen Blumenthal and Antonio Monda) ''Julie Taymor: Playing with Fire'', [[Harry N. Abrams, Inc.]], 2007, {{isbn|9780810935174}}
* (with [[Salma Hayek]]) ''Frida: Bringing Frida Kahlo's Life and Art to Film'', [[Newmarket Press]], 2009, {{isbn|9781557045409}}
* ''The Tempest'' (screenplay adapted from the play by William Shakespeare), [[Abrams Books]], 2010, {{isbn|9780810996557}}

===Exhibition===
A major retrospective of 25 years of Taymor's work, titled 'Playing With Fire' opened in the fall of 1999 at the Wexner Center for the Arts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/1999/09/18/25652.html |title=Indepth Art News: "Julie Taymor: Playing with Fire"|publisher=AbsoluteArts.com|date= 1999-09-18 |access-date=2011-12-27}}</ref> and toured the [[National Museum of Women in the Arts]] (Washington D.C.) in 2000 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nmwa.org/news/news.asp?newsid=29|title=Visionary designer and director Julie Taymor's large-scale installations from key productions at National Museum of Women in the Arts, November 16, 2000 – February 4, 2001|publisher=National Museum of Women in the Arts|date=2000-11-16|access-date=2011-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301224906/http://www.nmwa.org/news/news.asp?newsid=29|archive-date=2012-03-01}}</ref> and the [[Field Museum of Natural History]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/06/19/the-vivid-world-of-julie-taymor/ |title= The vivid world of Julie Taymor
|publisher=Chicago Tribune|author= Taubenek, Anne|date= 2001-06-19 |access-date=2011-12-27}}</ref> (Chicago) in 2001, and was extended due to popular demand in each venue.

In September 2009, costumes from ''The Lion King'' were requested and presented to the [[Smithsonian National Museum of American History]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/09/julie-taymors-lion-king-costumes-join-smithsonian-collection.html |title= Julie Taymor's ''Lion King'' costumes join Smithsonian collection|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author=Ng, David|date= 2009-09-24 |access-date=2011-12-27}}</ref> and they are now part of the Smithsonian collection as well as the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/lion-king-pride-at-va-exhibition-110972/|title=Lion King pride at V&A exhibition|date=2010-06-11|publisher=OfficialLondonTheatre.com|access-date=2017-10-31}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
In 1991, Taymor won the prestigious [[MacArthur Fellowship]]. In addition, Taymor has received a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]],<ref name=jwa /> two [[Obie Award]]s,<ref name="Gabrielli, Betty">{{cite web|url=http://www.oberlin.edu/alummag/oampast/oam_spring98/Alum_n_n/julie.html|title=Julie Taymor Continues the Artistic Journey, Begun at Oberlin, with ''The Lion King'' |publisher=Oberlin Alumni News & Notes |author=Gabrielli, Betty|access-date=2011-12-27}}</ref> the first Annual Dorothy B. Chandler Award in Theater, the Brandeis Creative Arts Award,<ref name="Gabrielli, Betty" /> and the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2006 Summit Highlights Photo: Awards Council member Arthur Golden, the author of ''Memoirs of a Geisha'', presenting the Golden Plate Award to Julie Taymor, the award-winning Broadway director of ''The Lion King'', at the International Achievement Summit|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/summit/2006/}}</ref>  Taymor received a [[Disney Legends|Disney Legend]] award in 2017 for Theatrical.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/julie-taymor/ | title=Julie Taymor }}</ref>

===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| [[75th Academy Awards|2002]]
| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]]
| "Burn It Blue" {{small|(from ''[[Frida (2002 film)|Frida]]'')}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003 |title=The 75th Academy Awards (2004): Winners and Nominees |date=5 October 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
|}

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Accolades for Taymor's films
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Film
!colspan="2"|Academy Awards
!colspan="2"|BAFTAs
!colspan="2"|Golden Globes
|-
!Nominations
!Wins
!Nominations
!Wins
!Nominations
!Wins
|-
|1999
!scope="col"|''Titus''
|align=center|1
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|2002
!scope="col"|''Frida''
|align=center|6
|align=center|2
|align=center|4
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|-
|2007
!scope="col"|''Across the Universe''
|align=center|1
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
|2010
!scope="col"|''Tempest''
|align=center|1
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!9
!2
!4
!1
!3
!1
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| [[45th Primetime Emmy Awards|1993]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming|Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Variety or Music Program]]
| ''[[Oedipus rex (opera)|Oedipus Rex]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/julie-taymor |title=Julie Taymor |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=July 30, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Theatre===
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/julie-taymor-7020#Awards |title=Julie Taymor – Broadway Cast & Staff |publisher=[[The Broadway League]] |website=ibdb.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
! colspan="5"| [[Drama Desk Award]]s
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1996
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design|Outstanding Costume Design]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[The Green Bird]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dramadesk.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/1996-awards/ |title=Nominees and Recipients – 1996 Awards |publisher=[[Drama Desk Award]]s |access-date=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design|Outstanding Set Design]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1997
| Outstanding Costume Design
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dramadesk.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/1997-awards/ |title=Nominees and Recipients – 1997 Awards |publisher=[[Drama Desk Award]]s |access-date=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical|Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1998
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical|Outstanding Director of a Musical]]
| rowspan="3"| ''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dramadesk.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/1998-awards/ |title=Nominees and Recipients – 1998 Awards |publisher=[[Drama Desk Award]]s |access-date=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| Outstanding Costume Design
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Puppet Design|Outstanding Puppet Design]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 2014
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play|Outstanding Director of a Play]]
| ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dramadesk.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/2014-awards/ |title=Nominees and Recipients – 2014 Awards |publisher=[[Drama Desk Award]]s |access-date=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="5"| [[Tony Awards]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[51st Tony Awards|1997]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Direction of a Musical]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1997/category/any/show/any/ |title=1997 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design|Best Scenic Design]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[52nd Tony Awards|1998]]
| Direction of a Musical
| rowspan="3"| ''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1998/category/any/show/any/ |title=1998 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| {{won}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*Blumenthal, Eileen, and Taymor, Julie. ''Julie Taymor, Playing with Fire : Theater, Opera, Film'', New York: H. N. Abrams, 1995

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121022120912/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Julie&middle=&last=Taymor Julie Taymor] at the [[Internet Off-Broadway Database]]
*{{IMDb name|853380}}
*{{Charlie Rose view|3179}}
*[http://subtitlestocinema.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/oh-girl-a-talk-with-julie-taymor/ Interview with Julie Taymor – Subtitles to Cinema]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030222035059/http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_taymor.html Julie Taymor profile at PBS website]
*[http://www.nyc-arts.org/showclips/show/id/143 Julie Taymor on THIRTEEN'S NYC-ARTS talking about her first Shakespeare production with Theatre for a New Audience]
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