1. JULIE TAYMOR

2. BACKGROUND- JULIE BEGAN HER PRODUCING AND DIRECTING VERY EARLY IN LIFE AND TOOK HER TALENT ALL THE WAY TO A CAREER
AT AGE 7, SHE BEGAN PRODUCING NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYS
AT AGE 9, SHE WAS STUDYING WITH BOSTON’S CHILDREN’S THEATER
AFTER COLLEGE, SHE HELD A FELLOWSHIP IN INDONESIA AND JAPAN
IN INDONESIA, SHE CREATED THE TEATR LOH, A INTERNATIONAL MASK/DANCE COMPANY

3. JULIE TAYMOR
ROGER COPELAND, A THEATER SCHOLAR, DESCRIBED JULIE TAYMOR WITH THESE WORDS, “GENIUS IS A WORD THAT I USE VERY SPARINGLY AND ADVISEDLY, BUT I DO THINK SHE IS A GENIUS, AND ONE OF THE FEW WORKING IN THE THEATER TODAY”

4. AWARDS MACARTHUR “GENIUS” GRANT FOR THE PLAY, “JUAN DARIEN”
GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP
EARNED THE FIRST ANNUAL DORTHY B. CHANDLER PERFORMANCE ARTS AWARD

5. PLAYS THAT JULIE TAYMOR HAS WORKED ON INCLUDE:
KING STAG- COSTUMES, MASKS, PUPPETRY
THE GREEN BIRD- PLAY ABOUT TWO TEENAGE ORPHANS
THE TEMPEST- A WILLLIAM SHAKESPEARE PLAY
THE TRANSPOSED HEADS- A GROWN UP PINNOCCHIO STORY
SALOME- OPERA IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN- LOS ANGELES OPERA

6. JUAN DARIEN: A CARNIVAL MASS- LATIN AMERICAN STORY OF A JAGUAR TURNED BOY; RECEIVED 5 TONY NOMINATIONS
THE LION KING ON BROADWAY

7. JULIE TAYMOR’S, THE LION KING

8. THE LION KING WON 2 TONY AWARDS- BEST DIRECTION AND BEST COSTUME
15 MILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTION
NEW YORK TIMES QUOTES THE LION KING AS, “THE MOST MEMORABLE, MOVING AND ORGINAL THEATERICAL EXTRAVAGANZA IN YEARS”
JULIE MADE A CHILDREN’S CARTOON DISNEY MOVIE INTO A BRILLANT BROADWAY PLAY THAT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES COULD ENJOY

9. JULIE TAYMOR’S INFLUENCE ON THEATER
IN THE LION KING, JULIE TAYMOR DIRECTED, CREATED COSTUMES, MASKS AND OVER A 100 LIFESIZE PUPPETS INCLUDING A 18 FOOT GIRAFFE AND A 5 INCH MOUSE

10. JULIE TAYMOR STATES THAT WITH MASKS, PUPPETS, AND COSTUMES, “WE BECOME ENGAGED IN BOTH THE METHOD OF STORYTELLING AS WELL AS THE STORY ITSELF”

11. JULIE TAYMOR’S COSTUMES WERE INFLUENCED BY MANY CULTURES INCLUDING ASIAN, EUROPEAN, AND AFRICAN CULTURES
WITH JULIE TAYMOR’S GREAT SENSE OF IMAGINATION WITH BRIGHT COSTUMES, MASKS, AND PUPPETS, SHE BRINGS THE CHARACTERS TO LIFE IN THE LION KING

12. JULIE TAYMOR’S CAREER HAS BRANCHED INTO FILMS
TITUS ANDRONICUS- DIRECTED BY JULIE TAYMOR, STARRING ANTHONY HOPKINS ADAPTED SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY
MOST CURRENT FILM SHE WORKED ON WAS FRIDA, STARRING SALMA HAYEK

13. CONCLUSION
“JULIE TAYMOR COMBINED THE WIT AND GRACE OF AN ACCOMPLISHED PERFORMER WITH THE CREATIVE INSIGHT OF A PASSIONATELY COMMITTED VISUAL ARTIST TO GALVANIZE HER PACKED AUDIENCE. SHE INSPIRED STUDENTS AND FACULTY ALIKE IN A THRILLING DISPLAY OF THE BEST OF THE LECTURER’S ART”
EMERSON COLLEGE