Cast & creator
Julie Taymor
Best known for The Colbert Report, The View, American Playhouse
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.
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film credits
6
television credits
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1982–2025 · acting roles
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average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (45)
Showing 45 of 45 credits
The Colbert Report
2005
The View
Self - Guest
1997
American Playhouse
Director
1982American Playhouse
Writer
1982
The Lion King
Executive Producer
2019
Made in Hollywood
Self
2005
Across the Universe
Director
2007
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Frida
Director
2002Frida
Lyricist
2002Behind the Scenes
1992
Titus
Screenplay
1999Titus
Director
1999Titus
Producer
1999
The Tempest
Director
2010The Tempest
Producer
2010The Tempest
Screenplay
2010
The Glorias
Director
2020The Glorias
Producer
2020The Glorias
Screenplay
2020
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self
2018
Kurosawa's Way
Self
2011
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Stage and Film Director
2014
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Director
2014
On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
2019
Pride of The Lion King
Self
2011
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Self
2010
The Ghosts of Versailles
Creative Consultant
1992
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
Self
2010
Fool's Fire
Director
1992Fool's Fire
Costume Design
1992Fool's Fire
Producer
1992Fool's Fire
Screenplay
1992Creating the Universe
2008
Lights, Action, Music
Self
2007
The Magic Flute
Director
2006The Magic Flute
Costume Designer
2006The Magic Flute
Production Design
2006
Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino
Herself
2017Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles
Self
2006
Oedipus Rex
Director
1993Oedipus Rex
Stage Director
1993
The Making of The Lion King Broadway
Herself
Raising The Tempest
Director