Sam Taylor-Johnson

Director

Sam Taylor-Johnson was born in Croydon, England, United Kingdom on March 4th, 1967 and is the Director. At the age of 57, Sam Taylor-Johnson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Samantha Louise Taylor-Wood
Date of Birth
March 4, 1967
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Croydon, England, United Kingdom
Age
57 years old
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Networth
$20 Million
Profession
Film Director, Photographer
Sam Taylor-Johnson Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 57 years old, Sam Taylor-Johnson has this physical status:

Height
171cm
Weight
58kg
Hair Color
Blonde
Eye Color
Blue
Build
Slim
Measurements
Not Available
Sam Taylor-Johnson Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Beacon Community College, Goldsmiths, University of London
Sam Taylor-Johnson Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Children
4
Dating / Affair
Jake Chapman, Jay Jopling (1997–2008), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (2009-Present)
Parents
David Wood, Geraldine Wood
Siblings
Ashley Wood (Younger Sister)
Other Family
Kristian Taylor-Wood (Maternal Half-Brother)
Sam Taylor-Johnson Life

Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson, OBE (née Taylor-Wood, born 4 March 1967) is an English filmmaker and photographer.

Her directorial feature film debut came in 2009 with Nowhere Boy, a film based on the childhood experiences of the Beatles songwriter and singer John Lennon.

She is one of a group of artists known as the Young British Artists.

Early life

Samantha Taylor-Wood was born in Croydon, London. Her father, David, left the family when she was nine. Her mother, Geraldine, is a yoga teacher and astrologist. She has a younger sister, Ashley, and a maternal half-brother, Kristian.

Taylor-Johnson grew up near Streatham Common in south London until her parents' divorce. The family then moved into an old schoolhouse in Jarvis Brook in East Sussex, and Samantha went to Beacon Community College. She later attended Goldsmiths, University of London.

Personal life

Taylor-Johnson has had cancer twice. In December 1997, at age 30, she was treated for colon cancer. In 2000, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

She practices yoga and Transcendental Meditation, of which she says, "I wouldn’t be able to survive everything without the meditation that I do. It’s what I think has made me able to cope with the madness."

Taylor-Johnson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to the arts.

Taylor-Johnson married art dealer and gallerist Jay Jopling in 1997; they had two daughters together, born in April 1997 and 2007, respectively. In September 2008, the couple announced that they were separating amicably after 11 years of marriage.

Taylor-Johnson began a relationship with Nowhere Boy actor Aaron Johnson after meeting on the 2009 set of the film when he was 18 and she was 42. The couple announced their engagement at the film's premiere in October 2009. They married at Babington House, Somerset, on 21 June 2012 and both took the name Taylor-Johnson. The couple have two daughters together, born in 2010 and 2012. They live in Los Angeles, California.

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Sam Taylor-Johnson Career

Career

Taylor-Johnson began exhibiting fine-art photography in the early 1990s. One collaboration with Henry Bond, titled 26 October 1993, featured Bond and Taylor-Wood reprising the roles of Yoko Ono and John Lennon in a pastiche of the photo-portrait made by photographer Annie Leibovitz—a few hours before Lennon was assassinated, in 1980.

In 1994, she exhibited a multi-screen video work titled Killing Time, in which four people mimed to an opera score. From that point multi-screen video works became the main focus of Taylor-Johnson's work. Beginning with the video works Travesty of a Mockery and Pent-Up in 1996. One of Taylor-Johnson's first United Kingdom solo shows was held at the Chisenhale Gallery, east London, in September–October 1996. Taylor-Johnson was nominated for the annual Turner Prize in 1998, but lost out to the painter Chris Ofili. She won the Illy Café Prize for Most Promising Young Artist at the 1997 Venice Biennale.

In 2000, Taylor-Johnson created a wraparound photomural around scaffolding of the London department store Selfridges while it was being restored; the mural featured 21 cultural icons including Elton John, musician Alex James, and actors Richard E. Grant and Ray Winstone. The poses of the figures referenced famous works of art from the past and recent movies.

In 2002, Taylor-Johnson was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to make a video portrait of David Beckham—whom she depicted sleeping. She is perhaps best known for her work entitled 'Crying Men' which features many of Hollywood's glitterati crying, including Robin Williams, Sean Penn, Laurence Fishburne and Paul Newman. In 2006, Taylor-Johnson had a survey exhibition at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, United Kingdom.

2014 saw a new photographic exhibition by Taylor-Johnson, of the private apartment of Mademoiselle Chanel at The Saatchi Gallery. Entitled ‘Second Floor’, the series of 34 photographs captured the private rooms of Coco Chanel at 31 Rue Cambon in Paris.

In August 2008, Taylor-Johnson was chosen to direct Nowhere Boy, a biopic about the childhood of John Lennon. Speaking about her experience directing the film, in September 2010, Taylor-Johnson said,

The 53rd annual London Film Festival screened the film as its closing presentation on 29 October 2009. The film was released in the UK on Boxing Day in 2009 to positive reviews. Taylor-Johnson was nominated for a BAFTA award on 21 January 2010, but lost out to Duncan Jones.

In her 2004 film installation "Strings" at White Cube, ballet dancer Ivan Putrov was suspended by a harness above four musicians playing the slow movement from Tchaikovsky's Second String Quartet, filmed in the Crush Bar of the Royal Opera House. In 2006, Taylor-Johnson contributed the short film Death Valley to the British version of Destricted. In 2008, Taylor-Johnson directed a short film Love You More, written by Patrick Marber and produced by Anthony Minghella. The film includes two songs by the Buzzcocks and features a cameo appearance by the band's lead singer Pete Shelley. In February 2009, Taylor-Johnson, collaborating with Sky Arts chose to interpret "Vesti la giubba" from Pagliacci. She commented: "I’m really happy to be involved in such a great project. I think by capturing one of opera's most moving moments in a film short, we have put a modern spin on the aria."

In 2011, she directed the R.E.M. music video "Überlin". The clip starred her then-fiancé Aaron Johnson, who "throws some kung-fu kicks, attempts some pirouettes, prances, punches the air, chicken walks, tries out some bunny impressions, and, at one point, fondles his bottom."

In September 2011, she collaborated with Solange Azagury-Partridge on the short film Daydream. This was aired to support the launch of Azagury-Partridge's new jewellery collection, 24:7. Under the direction of Taylor-Johnson, Liberty Ross plays a beautiful woman in her bedroom, bejewelled by her lover, played by JJ Feild. The original music was composed by Oscar winner Atticus Ross, and the director of photography was BAFTA winner John Mathieson.

Taylor-Johnson directed the film adaptation of E. L. James' best-selling erotic novel, Fifty Shades of Grey, made by Universal Pictures and Focus Features. She was chosen from a list that included Angelina Jolie, Steven Soderbergh, Ryan Murphy, Joe Wright, and Gus Van Sant. Taylor-Johnson was in pole position to direct Fifty Shades Darker (the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey), but decided to walk away from the much-discussed franchise after she was involved in a number of disagreements with author E.L. James. In June 2017, Taylor-Johnson said that she regretted directing the first film.

In March 2021, Taylor-Johnson was announced to have been attached to direct and produce a biographical drama called Rothko, based on the Rothko case. The film is set to commence production in summer 2021.

In July 2022, it was announced that the feature film Back To Black, a new biopic based on the life and career of Amy Winehouse will be directed by Taylor-Johnson.

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How Aaron Taylor Johnson, 33, went from High Wycombe to Hollywood after making name for himself in superhero movie Kick-Ass before meeting film director wife, 57, while playing young John Lennon - as British hunk is 'gearing up to play the next James Bond

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 19, 2024
After months of rumors over the role, British actor Aaron Taylor Johnson, 33, (pictured) is thought to have been granted the opportunity to play James Bond for the first time. In 2009, the actor, who has been acting since childhood, had his breakthrough role in Nowhere Boy, directed by Sam Taylor Johnson, 57, who married Aaron in 2012. Aaron was 22 when he married Sam in Somerset, England, who was 45 at the time, and the couple, who share four children together, had a striking age difference. Aaron has been nominated for two BAFTA awards as a performer and has also been named Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globes for Nocturnal Animals.

Amy Winehouse's former fiancé Reg Traviss will NOT feature in new biopic Back To Black - while leading lady Marisa Abela's real vocals will be used rather than Amy's

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 23, 2024
Is Amy Winehouse getting a touch of the airbrush? Reg Traviss, the singer's fiancé who lived for two years, is entirely absent from the forthcoming biopic Back To Black, which is set to be released on April 12. Amy's father Mitch and record label Sony have banned the film, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.

At the Critics' Choice Awards, Amy Winehouse's friend Mark Ronson DEFENDS the controversial biopic Back to Black, as he praises director Sam Taylor-Johnson for capturing the late singer's 'whip-smart humor.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 15, 2024
The music producer, 48, who worked with the beloved British singer up until her death in July 2011, says he read the script when he picked up the gong for Best Song at Sunday night's Critics' Choice Awards. Prior to its unveiling, the film has sparked skepticism, with many accusing the initiative of "exploiting the singer's legacy" and "capitalizing off her trauma." Sam Taylor-Johnson, Ronson, wrote: "I know Sam well and I read the script and I think it did a good job." I think she had this whip-smart razor sense of hum, one of her many gifts, and they were really nice in the film. I'm looking forward to seeing it.'