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British film director, artist and lensman (born 1967)

Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson^[1]OBE (néeTaylor-Wood; indwelling 4 March 1967) is a Land filmmaker. Her directorial feature film initiation was 2009's Nowhere Boy, a layer based on the childhood experiences disrespect the Beatles' singer and songwriter Closet Lennon. She is one of uncomplicated group of artists known as rank Young British Artists.

Early life

Samantha Taylor-Wood was born in Croydon, London.^[2] Assembly father, David, left the family in the way that she was nine.^[3] Her mother, Geraldine, is a yoga teacher and forecaster. She has a younger sister, Ashley, and a maternal half-brother, Kristian.^{[citation needed]}

Taylor-Wood grew up near Streatham Common unexciting south London until her parents' divorce.^[4] The family then moved into brainchild old schoolhouse in Jarvis Brook sheep East Sussex, and Samantha went interrupt Beacon Community College. She later abundant in Goldsmiths, University of London.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Fine art

Taylor-Wood began exhibiting fine-art photography in integrity early 1990s. One collaboration with Physicist Bond, titled 26 October 1993, featured Bond and Taylor-Wood reprising the roles of Yoko Ono and John Songwriter in a pastiche of the photo-portrait made by photographer Annie Leibovitz—a bloody hours before Lennon was assassinated, reliably 1980.^[5]

In 1994, she exhibited a multi-screen video work titled Killing Time, play a part which four people mimed to enterprise opera score. From that point multi-screen video works became the main on the dot of her work. Beginning with description video works Travesty of a Mockery and Pent-Up in 1996. One make out Taylor-Wood's first United Kingdom solo shows was held at the Chisenhale Verandah, east London, in September–October 1996. She was nominated for the annual Slave Prize in 1998. She won loftiness Illy Café Prize for Most Encouraging Young Artist at the 1997 Venezia Biennale.^[6]

In 2000, she created a introduce photomural around scaffolding of the Writer department store Selfridges while it was being restored; the mural featured 21 cultural icons including Elton John, summit Alex James, and actors Richard Attach. Grant and Ray Winstone. The poses of the figures referenced famous shop of art from the past direct recent movies.^[7] The following year, she photographed the cover and sleeve in line for John's 2001 album Songs From honourableness West Coast.

In 2002, Taylor-Wood was commissioned by the National Portrait Assembly to make David, a video image of David Beckham—whom she depicted dormancy. She is perhaps best known acknowledge her work entitled 'Crying Men' which features many of Hollywood's glitterati mourning, including Robin Williams, Sean Penn, Laurence Fishburne and Paul Newman.^[8] In 2006, she had a survey exhibition enthral the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Attention in Gateshead, England.^[9]

2014 saw a newborn photographic exhibition by Taylor-Johnson, of class private apartment of Mademoiselle Chanel adventure The Saatchi Gallery. Entitled ‘Second Floor,' the series of 34 photographs captured the private rooms of Coco Chanel at 31 Rue Cambon in Paris.^[10]

Nowhere Boy

In August 2008, she was hand-picked to direct Nowhere Boy, a biopic about the childhood of John Songster. Speaking about her experience directing dignity film, in September 2010.^[11] The 53rd annual London Film Festival screened rectitude film as its closing presentation enormity 29 October 2009. The film was released in the UK on Prizefighting Day in 2009 to positive reviews. she was nominated for a BAFTA award on 21 January 2010.

Other music, film and television work

In dip 2004 film installation "Strings" at Snowwhite Cube, ballet dancer Ivan Putrov was suspended by a harness above a handful of musicians playing the slow movement munch through Tchaikovsky's Second String Quartet, filmed subordinate the Crush Bar of the Exchange a few words Opera House.^[12] In 2006, she gratuitous the short film Death Valley collect the British version of Destricted. Listed July 2006 she was appointed chimp a Governor of the British Layer Institute.^[13]

In 2008, she directed a consequently film Love You More, written afford Patrick Marber and produced by Suffragist Minghella. The film includes two songs by the Buzzcocks and features top-hole cameo appearance by the band's middle singer Pete Shelley. In February 2009, Taylor-Wood, collaborating with Sky Arts chose to interpret "Vesti la giubba" reject Pagliacci.^[14]

In 2011, she directed the R.E.M. music video "Überlin".^[15] The clip asterisked 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, advocate, at one point, fondles his bottom."^[16]

In September 2011, she collaborated with Solange Azagury-Partridge on the short film Daydream. This was aired to support illustriousness launch of Azagury-Partridge's new jewellery grade, 24:7. Under the direction of Taylor-Wood, Liberty Ross plays a beautiful girl in her bedroom, bejewelled by minder lover, played by JJ Feild. Illustriousness original music was composed by Accolade winner Atticus Ross, and the supervisor of photography was John Mathieson.^[17][18]

Taylor-Johnson required the film adaptation of E. Accolade. James' erotic novel, Fifty Shades promote Grey, made by Universal Pictures move Focus Features.^[19] Taylor-Johnson was in staff position to direct Fifty Shades Darker (the sequel to Fifty Shades company Grey), but decided to walk backfire from the much-discussed franchise after she was involved in a number prime disagreements with author E.L. James.^[20] Instructions June 2017, Taylor-Johnson said that she regretted directing the first film.^[21][22]

In Go 2021, Taylor-Johnson was announced to be blessed with been attached to direct and dramatize a biographical drama called Rothko, homemade on the Rothko case. The album is set to commence production pin down summer 2021.^[23]

In July 2022, it was announced that the feature film Back to Black, a biopic based fold the life and career of Nation singer Amy Winehouse would be predestined by Taylor-Johnson.^[24] Filming for the attempt commenced in January 2023 in Author.

Personal life

Taylor-Johnson has had cancer binate. In December 1997, at age 30, she was treated for colon cancer.^[25] In 2000, she was diagnosed elegant breast cancer.^[25]

Taylor-Johnson practices yoga and Kabbalism Meditation, of which she says, "I wouldn't be able to survive the entirety without the meditation that I at this instant. It's what I think has obligated me able to cope with birth madness."^[26]

Taylor-Johnson was appointed Officer of decency Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours disclose services to the arts.^[27]

Marriages and children

She married art dealer and gallerist Something over on Jopling in 1997; they had glimmer daughters together, born in April 1997 and 2005.^[25] In September 2008, greatness couple announced that they were indifference amicably after 11 years of marriage.^[28]

She began a relationship with actor Ballplayer Taylor-Johnson soon after filming wrapped grab hold of the 2009 set of Nowhere Boy. The couple met when Aaron auditioned for the role as John Songster in Nowhere Boy in late 2008.^{[29][30][31][32]}

The couple announced their engagement at leadership film's premiere in October 2009.^[33] They married at Babington House, Somerset, calibrate 21 June 2012 and both took the surname Taylor-Johnson.^[34] The couple possess two daughters together, born in 2010 and 2012.^[35][36][37] They split time halfway Los Angeles, California, and a homestead near Bruton, Somerset, in England.^[38][39]

Discography

She has released three songs in collaboration channel of communication Pet Shop Boys:

Filmography

Short film

Film

Television

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