Alan Taylor

Alan Taylor Biography

Alan Taylor (born c. 1959) is an American television and film director, television producer, and screenwriter, known for his work on TV shows such as Lost, The West Wing, Six Feet Under, Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, Deadwood and Mad Men, and the films Palookaville, Thor: The Dark World and the upcoming Terminator Genisys.

Early life

Alan Taylor is the son of videographer James J. Taylor and curator Mimi Cazort; his sister is 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 to study film under instructors including director Martin Scorsese.

Career

Taylor has directed for numerous programs on both network television and premium cable, most often on HBO. Besides his television work, Taylor has directed four feature films: Palookaville, The Emperor's New Clothes, Kill the Poor, and Thor: The Dark World.

Taylor joined the crew of the HBO western drama Deadwood as a director for the first season in 2004. The series was created by David Milch and focused on a growing town in the American Old West. Taylor directed the episode "Here Was a Man". He returned as a director for the second season in 2005 and helmed the episode "Requiem for a Gleet". Taylor has directed the pilot episodes of Mad Men ("Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") and Bored to Death as well as subsequent episodes of each. He has directed two episodes from season 1 of Game of Thrones and four episodes of season 2. Taylor directed Thor: The Dark World (2013), the sequel to 2011's Thor. He is currently directing the 2015 film Terminator Genisys.

Personal life

He is married to make-up artist Nicki Ledermann, with whom he has three children.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Credit(s)
1995	Palookaville	Director
2001	The Emperor's New Clothes	Director
2003	Kill the Poor	Director
2013	Thor: The Dark World	Director
2015	Terminator Genisys	Director

Television

That Burning Question (1988)
Homicide: Life on the Street TV series
- episode "Mercy"
- episode "Blood Ties"
- episode "The Wedding"
- episode "A Dog and Pony Show"
- episode "Autofocus"
- episode "The True Test"
- episode "Forgive Us Our Trespasses"
Oz (1997) TV series
- episode 1.06 "To Your Health"
- episode 2.06 "Strange Bedfellows"
Trinity (1998) TV series
- episode "Breaking In, Breaking Out, Breaking Up, Breaking Down"
Sex and the City (1998) TV series
- episode 2.09 "Old Dogs, New Dicks"
- episode 2.14 "The Fuck Buddy"
- episode 4.15 "Change of a Dress"
- episode 4.16 "Ring a Ding-Ding"
- episode 6.07 "The Post-it Always Sticks Twice"
- episode 6.08 "The Catch"
Now and Again (1999) TV series
- episode "Over Easy"
The Sopranos (1999) TV series
- episode 1.06 "Pax Soprana"
- episode 4.10 "The Strong, Silent Type"
- episode 5.02 "Rat Pack"
- episode 6.04 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh"
- episode 6.09 "The Ride"
- episode 6.12 "Kaisha"
- episode 6.14 "Stage 5"
- episode 6.18 "Kennedy and Heidi"
- episode 6.20 "The Blue Comet"
The West Wing (1999) TV series
- episode 1.08 "Enemies"
- episode 1.16 "20 Hours in L.A."
Six Feet Under (2001) TV series
- episode 2.08 "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
Keen Eddie (2003)
- episode "Sticky Fingers"
Carnivle (2003) TV series
- episode 2.07 "Damascus, NE"
Deadwood (2004) TV series
- episode 1.04 "Here Was a Man"
- episode 2.04 "Requiem for a Gleet"
Lost (2004) TV series
- episode 2.04 "Everybody Hates Hugo"
Rome (2005) TV series
- episode 1.10 "Triumph"
- episode 1.12 "Kalends of February"
Big Love (2006) TV series
- episode 1.05 "Affair"
Mad Men (2007) TV series
- episode 1.01 "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
- episode 1.02 "Ladies' Room"
- episode 1.12 "Nixon vs. Kennedy"
- episode 2.12 "The Mountain King"
Boardwalk Empire (2010) TV series
- episode 1.05 "Nights in Ballygran"
Game of Thrones (2011) TV series
- episode 1.09 "Baelor"
- episode 1.10 "Fire and Blood"
- episode 2.01 "The North Remembers"
- episode 2.02 "The Night Lands"
- episode 2.08 "The Prince of Winterfell"
- episode 2.10 "Valar Morghulis"

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