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Type: Biography / program profile (house oversight document)
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This document is a biography page for director Julie Taymor, featuring a photograph and a summary of her career achievements in theater, film, and opera. It details her awards (Tony, Emmy, etc.) and major works including 'The Lion King', 'Frida', and 'The Tempest'. The document contains a House Oversight footer (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017558), indicating it is part of a larger collection of documents reviewed during congressional investigations, likely a page from a conference program or briefing packet found within the Epstein case files.

People (11)

Name Role Context
Julie Taymor Subject/Director
Subject of the biography; director of theater, opera, and film.
Anthony Hopkins Actor
Starred in Taymor's film 'Titus'.
Jessica Lange Actor
Starred in Taymor's film 'Titus'.
Alan Cumming Actor
Starred in Taymor's film 'Titus'.
Salma Hayek Actor
Starred in Taymor's film 'Frida'.
Alfred Molina Actor
Starred in Taymor's films 'Frida' and 'The Tempest'.
Helen Mirren Actor
Starred in Taymor's film 'The Tempest'.
Russell Brand Actor
Starred in Taymor's film 'The Tempest'.
Djimon Hounsou Actor
Starred in Taymor's film 'The Tempest'.
Jessye Norman Opera Singer
Performed in 'Oedipus Rex' directed by Taymor.
Elliot Goldenthal Composer/Creator
Associated with the work 'Grendel'.

Organizations (9)

Name Type Context
Harry N. Abrams
Publisher of Taymor's illustrated books.
Hyperion
Publisher of 'The Lion King: Pride Rock on Broadway'.
Newmarket Press
Publisher of books related to 'Titus' and 'Frida'.
The Met (Metropolitan Opera)
Venue where Taymor's 'Die Zauberflöte' was in repertory.
PBS
Broadcaster for 'Great Performances at The Met'.
MacArthur Foundation
Awarded Taymor a fellowship in 1991.
Sundance Film Festival
Location where the film version of 'Oedipus Rex' premiered.
New York Film Festival
Hosted North American premiere of 'The Tempest'.
Venice International Film Festival
Hosted world premiere of 'The Tempest'.

Timeline (3 events)

1991
Julie Taymor receives MacArthur 'genius' Fellowship.
Unknown
1998
Julie Taymor wins Tony Awards for 'The Lion King'.
Broadway
October 2010
North American premiere of 'The Tempest' at the 48th New York Film Festival.
New York

Locations (3)

Location Context
Context of New York Film Festival.
Context of Venice International Film Festival.
Location of Taymor's theater productions.

Relationships (2)

Julie Taymor Professional Salma Hayek
Directed Hayek in the film 'Frida'.
Julie Taymor Professional Elliot Goldenthal
Mention of 'Elliot Goldenthal's Grendel' directed by Taymor.

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JULIE TAYMOR
In 1998, Julie Taymor became the first woman to win the Tony® Award for Best Direction of a Musical, and also won a Tony® for Best Costumes, for her landmark production of The Lion King. The musical has won three Molière Awards including Best Musical and Best Costumes, garnered Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League awards for Taymor's direction, and myriad awards for her original costume, mask and puppet designs. For her latest Broadway production, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Taymor served as director and co-book writer. Taymor made her Broadway debut in 1996 with Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass, nominated for five Tony® Awards.
Other theater work includes The Green Bird, Titus Andronicus, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, The Transposed Heads and Liberty's Taken.
Taymor's feature film directorial debut, Titus, starred Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange and Alan Cumming. In 2002, her biographical film Frida, starring Salma Hayek and Alfred Molina, earned six Academy Award® nominations, winning two. She took on the music of the Beatles, and earned a Golden Globe® nomination for Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy, in Across the Universe. Julie's most recent film, The Tempest, had its North American premiere at the 48th New York Film Festival in October 2010, following a world premiere at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Taymor's adaptation of the William Shakespeare play features an all-star cast including Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Djimon Hounsou and Alfred Molina.
Beyond the theatre and screen, Taymor has directed five operas internationally including Oedipus Rex with Jessye Norman, for which she earned the International Classical Music Award for Best Opera Production. A subsequent film version premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won her an Emmy® award.
Taymor also directed Salomé, The Flying Dutchman, Die Zauberflöte (which has been in repertory at The Met for six years), The Magic Flute (the abridged English version of Die Zauberflöte, which inaugurated a new PBS series entitled “Great Performances at The Met”) and Elliot Goldenthal's Grendel.
An illustrated book on her career, Julie Taymor: Playing With Fire, was recently expanded and revised by Harry N. Abrams. Her book, The Lion King: Pride Rock on Broadway, is published by Hyperion. Taymor's adapted screenplay for Titus is published in an illustrated book by Newmarket Press. An illustrated book, Frida: Bringing Frida Kahlo's Life and Art to Film, is available from Newmarket Press. Harry N. Abrams also published an illustrated screenplay of Taymor's film adaptation of The Tempest which coincided with its premiere.
Taymor is a 1991 recipient of the MacArthur “genius” Fellowship.
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