Years active 1988–present Siblings Anna Domino Spouse Nicki Ledermann (m. 1994) | Role Television Director Name Alan Taylor | |
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Occupation Television director, film director, television producer, screenwriter Children Ginger Taylor, Jem Taylor, Willa Taylor Parents Mimi Cazort, James J. Taylor Movies Terminator Genisys, Thor: The Dark World, Palookaville, The Emperor's New Clot, Kill the Poor Similar People Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, Emilia Clarke, Laeta Kalogridis, Patrick Lussier | ||
Game of thrones director alan taylor to helm the new terminator amc movie news
Alan Taylor (born c. 1959) is an American television and film director, television producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his work on TV shows such as Lost, The West Wing, Six Feet Under, Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, Deadwood and Mad Men. He also directed films such as Palookaville, Thor: The Dark World and Terminator Genisys. In 2007 Taylor won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for The Sopranos episode "Kennedy and Heidi".
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- Game of thrones director alan taylor to helm the new terminator amc movie news
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- Reception
- References
Early life
Alan Taylor is the son of videographer James J. Taylor and curator Mimi Cazort; his sister is indie rock musician Anna Domino.
He spent part of his life in Manor Park, Ottawa, Canada, and attended Manor Park Public School and Lisgar Collegiate Institute high school. As part of the Communications Club at Lisgar, he acted in its production of The Mouse That Roared. He went on to major in history at the University of Toronto and then at New York City's Columbia University before transferring to New York University to study film under instructors including director Martin Scorsese.
Career
Taylor has directed for numerous programs on both network television and premium cable, most often on HBO. Besides his television work, Taylor has directed five feature films: Palookaville, The Emperor's New Clothes, Kill the Poor, Thor: The Dark World, and Terminator Genisys.
Taylor joined the crew of the HBO western drama Deadwood as a director for the first season in 2004. The series was created by David Milch and focused on a growing town in the American Old West. Taylor directed the episode "Here Was a Man". He returned as a director for the second season in 2005 and helmed the episode "Requiem for a Gleet". Taylor has directed the pilot episodes of Mad Men ("Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") and Bored to Death as well as subsequent episodes of each. He has directed two episodes from season 1 of Game of Thrones and four episodes of season 2. Taylor directed Thor: The Dark World (2013), the sequel to 2011's Thor. His latest directorial venture was the 2015 film Terminator Genisys. He is currently working on a television adaptation of the Strugatsky brothers’ 1971 science fiction novel Roadside Picnic for WGN America network. Taylor will return to direct for the seventh season of Game of Thrones.
Personal life
Taylor currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and has three children named Ginger, Willa and Jamieson.
Filmography
Television
Reception
Below is the critical, public and commercial reception to films Taylor has directed, as of July 13, 2015.