Alan Taylor

Alan Taylor

Alan Taylor (born January 13, 1959) is an American television director, film director, screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known for his work on television series such as The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Mad Men, and Game of Thrones. He also directed films such as Palookaville, Thor: The Dark World, Terminator Genisys, and The Many Saints of Newark. In 2007, Taylor won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for The Sopranos episode "Kennedy and Heidi." In 2008 and 2018, he was also nominated in the same category for the Mad Men episode "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and the Game of Thrones episode "Beyond the Wall," respectively. Taylor's father, James J. Taylor, was a private in the U.S. Army translating for Voice of America, stationed in Yokohama, who subsequently held numerous jobs before becoming a videographer in Washington, D.C. Taylor's mother, Mimi Cazort, was curator emerita for the National Gallery of Canada. His sister is the 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 in his late 20s to study film under instructors including director Martin Scorsese. Taylor has directed for numerous programs on both network television and premium cable, most often on HBO. Taylor's early work on television includes work on The Sopranos, Sex and the City, and The West Wing. Taylor joined the crew of the HBO western drama Deadwood as a director for the first season in 2004. Taylor directed the pilot episodes of Mad Men ("Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") and Bored to Death, as well as subsequent episodes of each. He joined the HBO series Game of Thrones, directing seven episodes, including the critically acclaimed season 1 episode "Baelor." He worked on a television adaptation of the Strugatsky brothers' 1971 science fiction novel Roadside Picnic for the WGN America network. Besides his television work, Taylor's early films include Palookaville, The Emperor's New Clothes, and Kill the Poor. In the 2010s, Taylor began working on large-budget blockbuster films. He was hired to direct Thor: The Dark World (2013), a superhero film and sequel to 2011's Thor. He was approached by Marvel producer Kevin Feige following director Patty Jenkins's exit from the project and hoped he would inject a darker tone into the project after seeing Taylor's work on Game of Thrones. Taylor's next film was Terminator Genisys, a film that Taylor hoped to fix following his reading of the script, citing his love of the first two Terminator films. After directing nine episodes for the HBO series The Sopranos, Taylor was approached by show creator David Chase to return to direct the 2021 prequel film The Many Saints of Newark. In August 2022, it was announced that Taylor was hired to direct multiple episodes of the second season of House of the Dragon. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Alan Taylor
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  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1965-01-01
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Alan Taylor Movies

  • 2007
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    The Making of ‘Mad Men’

    The Making of ‘Mad Men’

    1 2007 HD

    A look behind the scenes into the creation and filming of critically acclaimed, Emmy winning series Mad Men, featuring interviews with cast and crew,...

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  • 2014
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    Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

    Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

    6.9 2014 HD

    A look at the story behind Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from all of the...

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  • 2013
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    CroatianFiles

    CroatianFiles

    0.5 2013 HD

    Like a joke, Carlos and Dani upload a video to youtube, about two erasmus guys apparently drunk, who lived in the same dormitory in Croatia, and who...

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  • 2003
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    Kill the Poor

    Kill the Poor

    4.4 2003 HD

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  • 1995
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    Palookaville

    Palookaville

    5.8 1995 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

    6.7 2001 HD

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  • 2013
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    Thor: The Dark World

    Thor: The Dark World

    6.522 2013 HD

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  • 2015
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    Terminator Genisys

    Terminator Genisys

    5.936 2015 HD

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  • 1991
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    That Burning Question

    That Burning Question

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1991
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    That Burning Question

    That Burning Question

    1 1991 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

    6.7 2001 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Many Saints of Newark

    The Many Saints of Newark

    6.329 2021 HD

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  • 2018
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    The Art of Television: les réalisateurs de séries

    The Art of Television: les réalisateurs de séries

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2020
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    1 2020 HD

    Cast members Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa host Talking Sopranos. Michael reviews the Sopranos episode by episode giving inside info,...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    7.914 1970 HD

    Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8.011 1970 HD

    The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians,...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8.3 1970 HD

    The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8.126 1970 HD

    Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8.7 1970 HD

    The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8.456 1970 HD

    Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8.095 1970 HD

    The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people....

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8 1970 HD

    Traders is a Canadian television drama series, which was broadcast on Global Television Network from 1996 to 2000. Set in the Toronto-based...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8 1970 HD

    An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8 1970 HD

    Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    7.947 1970 HD

    Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    5.6 1970 HD

    It's the early '60s, and the legendary Playboy Club in Chicago is the door to all your fantasies... and the key is the most sought-after status...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    7 1970 HD

    Every day is a matter of life and death in a hectic New York City hospital, but for Nurse Jackie that's the easiest part. Between chronic back pain...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    7.573 1970 HD

    An intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute discovers that he may be working with members...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    7.3 1970 HD

    Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    6.8 1970 HD

    Now and Again is an American television series that aired in the US from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    7.6 1970 HD

    Set within the highly charged confines of individual psychotherapy sessions and centering around Dr. Paul Weston, a psychotherapist who exhibits an...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8.096 1970 HD

    When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8.5 1970 HD

    Keen Eddie is an American action, comedy-drama television series that aired in 2003 on the Fox Network. The series follows a brash NYPD detective who...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    7.4 1970 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    6.9 1970 HD

    The story of Bill Henrickson and his life in suburban Salt Lake City, balancing the needs of his three wives -- Barb, Nicki and Margene-- their seven...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8.254 1970 HD

    A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    7.059 1970 HD

    A diverse anthology of ambitious, moving tales inspired by Philip K Dick's short stories.

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8.456 1970 HD

    Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    7.4 1970 HD

    Louis de Pointe's epic story of love, blood, and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy. Chafing at the limitations of...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    7.4 1970 HD

    Louis de Pointe's epic story of love, blood, and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy. Chafing at the limitations of...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    1 1970 HD

    In the aftermath of an extraterrestrial event, six visitation zones are created on Earth, each containing supernatural properties.

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    7.636 1970 HD

    In 1979 Manhattan, a young man is arrested for a shocking crime — and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it.

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8.6 1970 HD

    Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    7.4 1970 HD

    Louis de Pointe's epic story of love, blood, and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy. Chafing at the limitations of...

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  • 1970
    imgS2 E8

    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8.4 1970 HD

    The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In...

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  • 1970
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    Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

    8.4 1970 HD

    The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In...

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