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Sam Taylor-Johnson

1967 - Today

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Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson (née Taylor-Wood; born March 4, 1967) is a British filmmaker. Her directorial feature film debut was 2009's Nowhere Boy, a film based on the childhood experiences of the Beatles' singer and songwriter John Lennon. She is one of a group of artists known as the Young British Artists. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Taylor-Johnson is the 321st most popular film director (up from 1,323rd in 2019), the 1,503rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,490th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sam Taylor-Johnson ranks 321 out of 2,041. Before her are Yuen Woo-ping, Jeannot Szwarc, Edward Dmytryk, Adrian Lyne, Billy Hayes, and Adolph Zukor. After her are Krzysztof Zanussi, Germaine Dulac, George Roy Hill, Steve McQueen, Richard Fleischer, and Alain Tanner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Sam Taylor-Johnson ranks 50. Before her are Laura Dern, Denis Villeneuve, Serj Tankian, Carrie-Anne Moss, Peter Thiel, and François Ozon. After her are Guy Pearce, Emily Watson, Harry Connick Jr., R. Kelly, Tim McGraw, and Gigi D'Agostino.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sam Taylor-Johnson ranks 1,503 out of 8,785. Before her are Adrian Lyne (1941), Patrick Macnee (1922), John Hawkwood (1320), Dave Finlay (1958), Norman Lockyer (1836), and William Russell (1924). After her are John Horton Conway (1937), John Blow (1649), Jack W. Szostak (1952), Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Helen McCrory (1968), and Maurice Wilkes (1913).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Sam Taylor-Johnson ranks 21. Before her are Frank Lloyd (1886), Mike Newell (1942), Guy Ritchie (1968), John Schlesinger (1926), David Hamilton (1933), and Adrian Lyne (1941). After her are Steve McQueen (1969), George Albert Smith (1864), Carol Reed (1906), Ken Russell (1927), Robert Stevenson (1905), and Anthony Minghella (1954).

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