Julie Taymor
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
As a child, acted with the Boston Children's Theatre. Graduated from high school at 16 and went to Paris to study mime and mask under Jacques LeCoq at L'Ecole de Mime. Received a grant to study puppetry in Japan after college and ended up living in Indonesia for four years after forming her own theater company. Was the first woman to receive a Tony Award for directing a musical, for The Lion King in 1997. Directed The Magic Flute for the Metropolitan Opera's 2005-06 season.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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| 68% | The Glorias |
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— | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute - Special Encore |
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$57k | 2015 |
| 100% | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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— | 2015 |
| 73% | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles |
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$9.3k | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | The Magic Flute Holiday Encore |
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— | 2011 |
| 30% | The Tempest |
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$0.3M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | MET Summer Encore: The Magic Flute |
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— | 2009 |
| 53% | Across the Universe |
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$24.4M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Lights, Action, Music |
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— | 2007 |
| 75% | Frida |
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$25.7M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | The 11th of September: Moyers in Conversation |
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— | 2001 |
| 68% | Titus |
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— | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Oedipus Rex |
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— | 1993 |
TV
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Shakespeare Uncovered
2013-2018
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Colbert Report
2005-2014
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Need to Know
2010-2013
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| No Score Yet |
Great Performances at the Met
2007
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| No Score Yet |
NOW with Bill Moyers
2002-2005
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