Alan Taylor (director)
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Alan Taylor is an American television and film director, television producer, and screenwriter. Taylor has directed for numerous programs on both network television and premium cable, most notably on HBO. Besides his television work, Taylor has directed three feature films: Palookaville
, The Emperor's New Clothes and Kill the Poor
.
Taylor's parents are videographer
James J. Taylor
and curator
Mimi Cazort
; his sister is indie rock
er Anna Domino
. He currently resides in New York City and rural Pennsylvania
with his wife, make-up artist Nicki Ledermann, and their daughters, Ginger and Willa, and son, Jem.
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 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
and Bored to Death
as well as subsequent episodes of each. He has directed two episodes from season 1 of Game of Thrones
and is set to direct four episodes of season 2.
Palookaville (film)
Palookaville is a 1995 motion picture about a pair of trio burglars and their dysfunctional family of origin. Prominent actors featured in the film include William Forsythe, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese and Frances McDormand...
, The Emperor's New Clothes and Kill the Poor
Kill the Poor (film)
Kill the Poor is director Alan Taylor's screen adaptation of a novel by Joel Rose. The film is set in Manhattan's Alphabet City in the early 1980s, when the neighborhood was a center of illegal drug activity...
.
Taylor's parents are videographer
Videographer
Strictly speaking, a videographer is a person who works in the field of videography, video production — recording moving images and sound on video tape, disk, other electro-mechanical device. News broadcasting relies heavily on live television where videographers engage in electronic news...
James J. Taylor
James J. Taylor
James J. Taylor was a self-taught videographer and member of Actors' Equity Association in New York. Taylor was the driving force behind the creation of the Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive ....
and curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
Mimi Cazort
Mimi Cazort
Mimi Cazort is a scholar and a former Curator Emerita for Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Canada.- Biography :From 1970 to 1997, she was the Curator of Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Canada....
; his sister is indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
er Anna Domino
Anna Domino
Anna Domino is a Tokyo-born indie rock artist who has released several albums under that moniker, notably for Les Disques du Crepuscule and Factory Records. Notable performers Domino has collaborated with include The The, Blaine L. Reininger and Virginia Astley. She is also one half of the duo...
. He currently resides in New York City and rural Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
with his wife, make-up artist Nicki Ledermann, and their daughters, Ginger and Willa, and son, Jem.
Taylor joined the crew
Crew of Deadwood
Deadwood is an American western drama that aired on the HBO network from 2004 to 2006. The crew received awards recognition and critical acclaim.-Producers:...
of the HBO western drama Deadwood
Deadwood (TV series)
Deadwood is an American Western drama television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before...
as a director for the first season in 2004. The series was created by David Milch
David Milch
David S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
and focused on a growing town in the American 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
Mad Men
Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...
and Bored to Death
Bored to Death
Bored to Death is an American comedy series, which premiered on HBO on September 20, 2009. , three seasons have aired, each consisting of eight episodes. The show was created by author Jonathan Ames, and stars Jason Schwartzman as a fictional Jonathan Ames – a writer based in Brooklyn, New York...
as well as subsequent episodes of each. He has directed two episodes from season 1 of Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones (TV series)
Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Based on author George R. R. Martin's best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels, the first of which is called A Game of Thrones, the television series debuted in...
and is set to direct four episodes of season 2.
Television director
- That Burning Question (1988)
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TV Series- episode "Mercy"
- episode "Blood TiesBlood Ties (Homicide: Life on the Street)"Blood Ties" is the three-episode sixth season premiere of the American police drama television series Homicide: Life on the Street. The episodes constitute the 78th, 79th and 80th overall episodes of the series...
" - episode "The Wedding"
- episode "A Dog and Pony ShowA Dog and Pony Show (Homicide: Life on the Street)"A Dog and Pony Show" is the sixth episode of the first season of the American police drama television series Homicide: Life on the Street. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on March 10, 1993...
" - episode "Autofocus"
- episode "The True Test"
- episode "Forgive Us Our Trespasses"
- OzOz (TV series)Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes . It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz premiered on July 12, 1997 and ran for six seasons...
(1997) TV Series- episode 1.06 "To Your Health"
- episode 2.06 "Strange Bedfellows"
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(1998) TV Series- episode "Breaking In, Breaking Out, Breaking Up, Breaking Down"
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(1998) TV Series- episode 2.09 "Old Dogs, New Dicks"
- episode 2.14 "The Fuck Buddy"
- episode 4.15 "Change of a Dress"
- episode 4.16 "Ring a Ding-Ding"
- episode 6.07 "The Post-it Always Sticks Twice"
- episode 6.08 "The Catch"
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(1999) TV Series- episode "Over Easy"
- The SopranosThe SopranosThe Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
(1999) TV Series- episode 1.06 "Pax Soprana"
- episode 4.10 "The Strong, Silent Type"
- episode 5.02 "Rat Pack"
- episode 6.04 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh"
- episode 6.09 "The Ride"
- episode 6.12 "Kaisha"
- episode 6.14 "Stage 5"
- episode 6.18 "Kennedy and HeidiKennedy and Heidi"Kennedy and Heidi" is the eighteenth episode of the two-part sixth season—the sixth episode of the second part—of the HBO television drama series The Sopranos and the show's eighty-third overall episode. It was written by Matthew Weiner and series creator and showrunner David Chase,...
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"
- The West Wing (1999) TV Series
- episode 1.08 "Enemies"
- episode 1.16 "20 Hours in L.A."
- Six Feet Under (2001) TV Series
- episode 2.08 "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
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(2003)- episode "Sticky Fingers"
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(2003) TV Series- episode 2.07 "Damascus, NE"
- DeadwoodDeadwood (TV series)Deadwood is an American Western drama television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before...
(2004) TV Series- episode 1.04 "Here Was a Man"
- episode 2.04 "Requiem for a Gleet"
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- episode 2.04 "Everybody Hates Hugo
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(2005) TV Series- episode 1.10 "Triumph"
- episode 1.12 "Kalends of February"
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(2006) TV Series- episode 1.05 "Affair"
- Mad MenMad MenMad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...
(2007) TV Series- episode 1.01 "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
- episode 1.02 "Ladies' Room"
- episode 1.12 "Nixon vs. Kennedy"
- episode 2.12 "The Mountain King"
- Boardwalk Empire (2010) TV series
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- episode 1.05 "Nights in Ballygran
- Game of ThronesGame of Thrones (TV series)Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Based on author George R. R. Martin's best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels, the first of which is called A Game of Thrones, the television series debuted in...
(2011) TV series- episode 1.09 "BaelorBaelor"Baelor" is the ninth episode of the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones, first aired on June 12, 2011. It was written by the show creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Alan Taylor....
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- episode 1.09 "Baelor
Film director
- PalookavillePalookaville (film)Palookaville is a 1995 motion picture about a pair of trio burglars and their dysfunctional family of origin. Prominent actors featured in the film include William Forsythe, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese and Frances McDormand...
(1995) - The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
- Kill the PoorKill the Poor (film)Kill the Poor is director Alan Taylor's screen adaptation of a novel by Joel Rose. The film is set in Manhattan's Alphabet City in the early 1980s, when the neighborhood was a center of illegal drug activity...
(2003)