Julie Taymor

Biography

Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director and writer of theater, opera, and film. Her stage adaptation of The Lion King debuted in 1997 and received eleven Tony Award nominations, with Taymor receiving Tony Awards for her direction and costume design. Her 2002 film Frida, about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, was nominated for five Academy Awards, including a Best Original Song nomination for Taymor's composition "Burn It Blue". She also directed the 2007 jukebox musical film Across the Universe, based on the music of the Beatles.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Across The Universe - Music From The Motion Picture

  2007

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  The Lion King - Original Broadway Cast Recording

  1997

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  Disneys Der König Der Löwen (Das Broadway Musical Im Hamburger Hafen)

  2003

Credited work

74 releases · 10 albums · active 1997–2024

• Other credits · 75
• Performance · 60
• Production · 10

Studios: Sony Music Studios, New York City · The Village Recorder · Manhattan Center Studios · Legacy Recording Studios

Frequent collaborators

• Elliot Goldenthal
• Various
• Across The Universe Cast
• Jack Jezzro
• Elton John
• Le Roi Lion

Around the web

• Wikipedia