Julie Taymor Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Costume Designer, Director, Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter

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The New York Metropolitan Opera: Magic Flute

Crew: Director

2008
Across the Universe

Crew: Director, Screen Story

Actors: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy

Synopsis: Set against the anti-war protests, rock & roll revolution, and mind-expanding psychedelia of the 1960s, Julie Taymor's hallucinogenic musical follows the arduous journey of star-crossed lovers Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood) as they and a small group of musicians are swept up in Read More

9/28/07
Lights! Action! Music!

Synopsis: The documentary Lights! Action! Music! consists primarily of interviews with composers, directors, and actors who explain the many challenges involved in writing original music for motion pictures. Among the many famous names who appear on camera or whose work is used during the film are Francis Read More

2007
Broadway: The American Musical, Episode 5 - Tradition (1957-1979)

2004
Frida

Crew: Director

Actors: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas

Synopsis: After being attached to a number of actors, directors, and producers, this long-gestating biography of one of Mexico's most prominent, iconoclastic painters reaches the screen under the guiding hand of producer/star Salma Hayek. Hayek ages some 30 years onscreen as she charts Frida Kahlo's life Read More

10/25/02
Bill Moyers: The 11th of September - Moyers in Conversation

Synopsis: In the wake of the devastating national tragedy of September 11, 2001, a stunned America was forever changed. Realizing the importance of a national dialogue in understanding the cause for the terrorist attacks and planting the seeds that would begin the long and painful healing process Read More

2001
Titus

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming, Harry J. Lennix, Colm Feore, Angus MacFadyen, James Frain

Synopsis: One of William Shakespeare's lesser-known plays, Titus Andronicus was staged in New York by award-winning theatrical director Julie Taymor in an acclaimed 1995 production, before her widely praised Broadway version of The Lion King. Taymor revisits that production for her first motion picture Read More

12/25/99
Behind the Scenes with Allen Toussaint

Actors: Allen Toussaint

Synopsis: This film is part of an award-winning series that introduces children to the creative process. The filmmakers visit with musicians, painters, photographers, sculptors, actors, and dancers to get inside their creative minds. The featured artist is New Orleans music giant Allen Toussaint. Composer Read More

1999
Behind the Scenes with Nancy Graves

Actors: Nancy Graves

Synopsis: This award-winning PBS series examines the creative process of artists in different mediums. Here, the late sculptor Nancy Graves reveals how she creates a sense of "anti-gravity" in her colorful sculpture collages, which look as if they are about to tip over. Hosts Penn and Teller offer a series Read More

1999
Oedipus Rex

Crew: Director

1993
Behind the Scenes with Julie Taymor

Synopsis: This episode of PBS's Behind the Scenes series exposes children to the crafts of live theater through the work of director Julie Taymor. Taymor describes the importance of the theater tradition, and expresses the energy she finds there. The video shows how stage sets are built, how actors learn Read More

1992
Fool's Fire

Crew: Costume Designer, Director, Screenwriter

1992