“I put myself into

situations where I’m

forced to do something,

to create, to respond, to

see diff erently.”

JULIE TAYMORBY LAURA WEBER

American director/costume designer/mask & puppetry maker.

She is widely known for directing the stage musical, The Lion King.

Japanese and Indonesian influences in her work

WHO IS SHE?

Born on December 15, 1952, in Newton, Massachusetts.

Her father, Melvin Lester Taymor

Her mother, Elizabeth Bernstein

Parents were supportive and trusting “I always believed Julie wasn’t

going to do anything destructive to herself.”

Found an interest in international folklore and mythology, and also developed a passion for theatre. involved in a theatre in Boston

WHERE DID SHE COME FROM?

Traveled to Sri Lanka and India at 15

Moved to Paris at 16 Mime school of Jacques

Lecoq

Studied at Oberlin College from 1969 to 1974 She studied theatre and

mythology Graduated with a degree

in folklore and mythology

EDUCATION

Traveled to Indonesia, Japan, and Bali. Japan Indonesia Bali

Returned to the states in 1979 Elliot Goldenthal

collaborating on numerous projects over the years

LIFE CONT.

Japan studied the art of puppetry and

Japanese theatre. “I received from my experience

in Japan an incredible sense of respect for the art of creating, not just the creative product. To me, the process was also an incredibly important aspect of the total form.”

Indonesia Worked with many different

theatres

Bali Founded Theatre Loh.

TRAVELS

Ancient ceremony “the energy and

concentration with which these elderly men performed this ritual -- without an audience, for purely spiritual purposes -- has informed and inspired all of my subsequent work.”

Theatre Loh An international company The Way of Snow and Tirai.

BALI

Michael Eisner asked Jul ie Taymor because of her history African costumes, with stylized

animal masks worn on their heads, leaving their human facial expressions fully visible.

demonstration on stage, in a theater, with stage lighting.

Given free rein to stage Directed the production,

designed the costumes, co-designed the masks and puppets and re-wrote many of the fi lm's scenes and songs. .

In al l , the production employed over 100 puppets representing 25 diff erent species .            

 Opened on Broadway on November 13, 1997 The New York Times hailed it as "the

most memorable, moving and original theatrical extravaganza in years."

received two Tony Awards

THE LION KING

.

Stage The Tempest (1986)

Director, puppetry. Oedipus Rex (1992)

Director, puppetry The Lion King (1997)

Director, lyricist for the song Endless Night, costume designer, co-mask designer, co-puppet designer

The Magic Flute (2005) Director. at Metropolitan

Opera (NY), live broadcast for theatrical (HD). DVD selling at Opera house only.

This Is It (2009) production consultant, designer

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (2010) Director, co-author, mask

designer

Filmography Fool's Fire (1992) (TV) Oedipus Rex (1993) (opera) Titus (1999) Frida (2002) Across the Universe (2007)

experience with cross-genre and cross-cultural.

The Tempest (2010)

WORKS

“One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to be more literal. I can go to the real place. I can go to the Coliseum, and I don't have to fake

it.”

American director of theater, opera and fi lm Designer and innovator

She is widely known for directing the stage musical, The Lion King First women director to receive

Tony Award

Used experiences from Japan and Indonesia in all of her work

Involved in making puppets, masks, costumes and stage sets.

CONCLUSION

Questions?

THANK YOU!

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