Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor born December 15 1952 is an American director of theater opera and film Taymors work has received many accolades from critics and she has earned two Tony Awards out of four nominations the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design an Emmy Award and an Academy Award nomination for Original Song She is widely known for directing the stage musical The Lion King for which she became the first woman to win the Tony Award for directing a musical in addition to a Tony Award for Original Costume Design She had been the director of the Broadway musical SpiderMan Turn Off the Dark before leaving in March 2011 after four months of previews the longest preview period for any show in Broadway history following artistic differences with the producers Description above from the Wikipedia article Julie Taymor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia