FILM DIRECTOR

Alan Taylor

1959 - Today

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Taylor is the 1,454th most popular film director (down from 1,128th in 2019), the 10,621st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,305th in 2019) and the 395th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alan Taylor ranks 1,454 out of 2,041. Before him are Peter Zadek, Niels Arden Oplev, Lee Garmes, Bryan Forbes, Mike Hodges, and Chloé Zhao. After him are Josef Fares, Robert Schwentke, Joseph Kosinski, Doris Dörrie, Pablo Berger, and Dan Gilroy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Alan Taylor ranks 447. Before him are Juan Barbas, Ben Okri, Jack Wagner, Wendy Smith-Sly, Eiríkur Hauksson, and Lutz Dombrowski. After him are Tshering Yangdon, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Pedro Pierluisi, Zoé Valdés, Dan Gilroy, and Ken Kirzinger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Taylor ranks 10,623 out of 20,380. Before him are Ed Powers (1954), Vincent Persichetti (1915), Proof (1973), Martin David Kruskal (1925), Ann Dvorak (1911), and Leatrice Joy (1893). After him are Grant Show (1962), Rodney Stark (1934), Logan Marshall-Green (1976), Naomi Judd (1946), Mike Conley Jr. (1987), and Jonathan Togo (1977).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Alan Taylor ranks 395. Before him are Albert Pyun (1953), Lee Unkrich (1967), Jennifer Lynch (1968), Tim Miller (1964), Sally Menke (1953), and Lee Garmes (1898). After him are Joseph Kosinski (1974), Dan Gilroy (1959), Ellen Kuras (1959), Ken Burns (1953), Melvin Frank (1913), and Allen Daviau (1942).

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