Alan Taylor (director)

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Alan Taylor
File:Alan Taylor 2013 crop.jpg
Taylor at the world premiere of
Thor: The Dark World in October 2013 at the
Odeon Leicester Square in London
Born c. 1959
Occupation Television director, film director, television producer, screenwriter
Years active 1988–present

Alan Taylor (born c. 1959)[1] 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.

Early life

Alan Taylor is the son of videographer James J. Taylor and curator Mimi Cazort; his sister is indie rock musician Anna Domino.[2]

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.[1]

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".[3] He returned as a director for the second season in 2005 and helmed the episode "Requiem for a Gleet".[4] 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.[5] Taylor directed Thor: The Dark World (2013), the sequel to 2011's Thor.[6] His latest directorial venture was the 2015 film Terminator Genisys.[7] He is currently working on a television adaptation of the Strugatsky brothers’ 1971 science fiction novel Roadside Picnic for WGN America network.[8]

Personal life

Taylor currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and has three children named Ginger, Willa and Jameson.[citation needed]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Credit(s)
1995 Palookaville Director
2001 The Emperor's New Clothes Director
2003 Kill the Poor Director
2013 Thor: The Dark World Director
2015 Terminator Genisys Director

Television

Reception

Below is the critical, public and commercial reception to films Taylor has directed, as of July 13, 2015.

Film Rotten Tomatoes[25] Metacritic[26] CinemaScore[27] Budget Box office[28]
Palookaville 64% (11 reviews) N/A N/A N/A N/A
The Emperor's New Clothes 73% (85 reviews) 60 (28 reviews) N/A N/A N/A
Kill the Poor 25% (8 reviews) 52 (7 reviews) N/A N/A N/A
Thor: The Dark World 65% (223 reviews) 54 (44 reviews) A- $170 million $644.8 million
Terminator Genisys 26% (190 reviews) 38 (41 reviews) B+ $155 million $435.9 million

References

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