# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/julie-taymor
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:56:23.564Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/julie-taymor"
name: "Julie Taymor"
slug: "julie-taymor"
description: "Julie Taymor 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."
tagline: "American film and theatre director (born 1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julie_Taymor_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2022_(52461091576).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
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birthDate: "1952-12-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump