Post by voice on Aug 15, 2017 22:51:13 GMT
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.
Taylor has directed for numerous programs on both network television and premium cable, most often on HBO. Besides his television work, Taylor has directed five feature films: Palookaville, The Emperor's New Clothes, Kill the Poor, Thor: The Dark World, and Terminator Genisys.
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 ("Baelor" and "Fire and Blood") and four episodes of season 2 ("The North Remembers", "The Night Lands", "The Prince of Winterfell", "Valar Morghulis"). Taylor directed Thor: The Dark World (2013), the sequel to 2011's Thor. His latest directorial venture was the 2015 film Terminator Genisys. He is currently working on a television adaptation of the Strugatsky brothers’ 1971 science fiction novel Roadside Picnic for WGN America network.[/quote]
TL;DR:
Alan Taylor gave us
That he would be directing the second to the last episode this season, after a five year hiatus, tells me that big things are coming in episode 7.06, like the death of a major character.
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.
Taylor has directed for numerous programs on both network television and premium cable, most often on HBO. Besides his television work, Taylor has directed five feature films: Palookaville, The Emperor's New Clothes, Kill the Poor, Thor: The Dark World, and Terminator Genisys.
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 ("Baelor" and "Fire and Blood") and four episodes of season 2 ("The North Remembers", "The Night Lands", "The Prince of Winterfell", "Valar Morghulis"). Taylor directed Thor: The Dark World (2013), the sequel to 2011's Thor. His latest directorial venture was the 2015 film Terminator Genisys. He is currently working on a television adaptation of the Strugatsky brothers’ 1971 science fiction novel Roadside Picnic for WGN America network.[/quote]
TL;DR:
Alan Taylor gave us
- Ned's death
- the birth of dragons
- the white walker/wight army
- Theon's foolish holding of Wintefell
That he would be directing the second to the last episode this season, after a five year hiatus, tells me that big things are coming in episode 7.06, like the death of a major character.