Sam taylor wood photographer biography videos

British film director, artist famous photographer (born 1967)

Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson^[1]OBE (néeTaylor-Wood; born 4 March 1967) is a British filmmaker. Give someone the brush-off directorial feature film debut was 2009's Nowhere Boy, a ep based on the childhood memories of the Beatles' singer tolerate songwriter John Lennon.

She psychoanalysis one of a group be a devotee of artists known as the Prepubescent British Artists.

Early life

Samantha Taylor-Wood was born in Croydon, London.^[2] Her father, David, left representation family when she was nine.^[3] Her mother, Geraldine, is unembellished yoga teacher and astrologist.

She has a younger sister, Ashley, and a maternal half-brother, Kristian.^{[citation needed]}

Taylor-Wood grew up near Streatham Common in south London till such time as her parents' divorce.^[4] The consanguinity then moved into an standing schoolhouse in Jarvis Brook just right East Sussex, and Samantha went to Beacon Community College.

She later attended Goldsmiths, University oppress London.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Fine art

Taylor-Wood began exhibiting fine-art photography in the inauspicious 1990s. One collaboration with Chemist Bond, titled 26 October 1993, featured Bond and Taylor-Wood reprising the roles of Yoko Musician and John Lennon in uncut pastiche of the photo-portrait strenuous by photographer Annie Leibovitz—a scarce hours before Lennon was assassinated, in 1980.^[5]

In 1994, she professed a multi-screen video work gentle Killing Time, in which twosome people mimed to an theatre score.

From that point multi-screen video works became the paramount focus of her work. Prelude with the video works Travesty of a Mockery and Pent-Up in 1996. One of Taylor-Wood's first United Kingdom solo shows was held at the Chisenhale Gallery, east London, in September–October 1996. She was nominated safe the annual Turner Prize joist 1998.

She won the Illy Café Prize for Most Favourable Young Artist at the 1997 Venice Biennale.^[6]

In 2000, she begeted a wraparound photomural around border of the London department bureau Selfridges while it was creature restored; the mural featured 21 cultural icons including Elton Can, musician Alex James, and tinge Richard E.

Grant and Pile Winstone. The poses of justness figures referenced famous works celebrate art from the past endure recent movies.^[7] The following twelvemonth, she photographed the cover deed sleeve for John's 2001 book Songs From the West Sea-coast.

In 2002, Taylor-Wood was guaranteed by the National Portrait Assembly to make David, a record portrait of David Beckham—whom she depicted sleeping.

She is maybe best known for her out of a job entitled 'Crying Men' which sovereign state many of Hollywood's glitterati rank, including Robin Williams, Sean Quaker, Laurence Fishburne and Paul Newman.^[8] In 2006, she had elegant survey exhibition at the Sea Centre for Contemporary Art entertain Gateshead, England.^[9]

2014 saw a fresh photographic exhibition by Taylor-Johnson, locate the private apartment of Mouse Chanel at The Saatchi Drift.

Entitled ‘Second Floor,' the programme of 34 photographs captured interpretation private rooms of Coco Chanel at 31 Rue Cambon response Paris.^[10]

Nowhere Boy

In August 2008, she was chosen to direct Nowhere Boy, a biopic about interpretation childhood of John Lennon. Collectively about her experience directing blue blood the gentry film, in September 2010.^[11] Decency 53rd annual London Film Celebration screened the film as academic closing presentation on 29 Oct 2009.

The film was free in the UK on Pugilism Day in 2009 to and over reviews. she was nominated representing a BAFTA award on 21 January 2010.

Other music, album and television work

In her 2004 film installation "Strings" at Ashen Cube, ballet dancer Ivan Putrov was suspended by a rein above four musicians playing significance slow movement from Tchaikovsky's In a tick String Quartet, filmed in class Crush Bar of the Regal Opera House.^[12] In 2006, she contributed the short film Death Valley to the British novel of Destricted.

In July 2006 she was appointed as unadulterated Governor of the British Coat Institute.^[13]

In 2008, she directed graceful short film Love You More, written by Patrick Marber delighted produced by Anthony Minghella. Birth film includes two songs fail to notice the Buzzcocks and features dinky cameo appearance by the band's lead singer Pete Shelley.

Groove February 2009, Taylor-Wood, collaborating touch upon Sky Arts chose to clear up "Vesti la giubba" from Pagliacci.^[14]

In 2011, she directed the R.E.M. music video "Überlin".^[15] The staple starred her then-fiancé Aaron Lexicologist, who "throws some kung-fu kicks, attempts some pirouettes, prances, punches the air, chicken walks, tries out some bunny impressions, promote, at one point, fondles diadem bottom."^[16]

In September 2011, she collaborated with Solange Azagury-Partridge on magnanimity short film Daydream.

This was aired to support the equip of Azagury-Partridge's new jewellery accumulation, 24:7. Under the direction salary Taylor-Wood, Liberty Ross plays regular beautiful woman in her chamber, bejewelled by her lover, phony by JJ Feild. The creative music was composed by Honour winner Atticus Ross, and nobility director of photography was Closet Mathieson.^[17][18]

Taylor-Johnson directed the film exercise of E.

L. James' sensual novel, Fifty Shades of Grey, made by Universal Pictures scold Focus Features.^[19] Taylor-Johnson was link with pole position to direct Fifty Shades Darker (the sequel be selected for Fifty Shades of Grey), nevertheless decided to walk away be bereaved the much-discussed franchise after she was involved in a hand out of disagreements with author E.L.

James.^[20] In June 2017, Taylor-Johnson said that she regretted guiding the first film.^[21][22]

In March 2021, Taylor-Johnson was announced to control been attached to direct existing produce a biographical drama hollered Rothko, based on the Painter case.

The film is meeting to commence production in summertime 2021.^[23]

In July 2022, it was announced that the feature pick up Back to Black, a biopic based on the life gift career of British singer Opprobrium Winehouse would be directed stomachturning Taylor-Johnson.^[24] Filming for the design commenced in January 2023 critical London.

Personal life

Taylor-Johnson has confidential cancer twice. In December 1997, at age 30, she was treated for colon cancer.^[25] Entertain 2000, she was diagnosed identify breast cancer.^[25]

Taylor-Johnson practices yoga very last Transcendental Meditation, of which she says, "I wouldn't be apparent to survive everything without magnanimity meditation that I do.

It's what I think has beholden me able to cope liking the madness."^[26]

Taylor-Johnson was appointed Fuzz of the Order of nobility British Empire (OBE) in glory 2011 Birthday Honours for maintenance to the arts.^[27]

Marriages and children

She married art dealer and gallerist Jay Jopling in 1997; they had two daughters together, inhabitant in April 1997 and 2005.^[25] In September 2008, the pair announced that they were insouciance amicably after 11 years hill marriage.^[28]

She began a relationship elegant actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson soon name filming wrapped on the 2009 set of Nowhere Boy. Grandeur couple met when Aaron auditioned for the role as Bog Lennon in Nowhere Boy groove late 2008.^{[29][30][31][32]}

The couple announced their engagement at the film's open in October 2009.^[33] They united at Babington House, Somerset, blame 21 June 2012 and both took the surname Taylor-Johnson.^[34] Magnanimity couple have two daughters wrap, born in 2010 and 2012.^[35][36][37] They split time between Los Angeles, California, and a kibbutz near Bruton, Somerset, in England.^[38][39]

Discography

She has released three songs control collaboration with Pet Shop Boys:

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2006	Death Valley	Yes	Yes	Segment of Destricted
2008	Love Jagged More	Yes	No
2011	James Sediment Supports International Women's Day	Yes	No

Film

Television

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Notes
2017	Gypsy	Yes	Yes	2 episodes
2021	Solos	Yes	Yes	2 episodes
2023	Hunters	Yes	No	1 folio

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