The art of capturing interesting things. Taylor Alan: biography and creative achievements

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Taylor Alan is an American film director, screenwriter and producer who has had a hand in the creation of many television projects, including six episodes of the popular fantasy series Game of Thrones. In the article, we will pay attention to the success of the actor on television, as well as his best feature films.

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The film industry is now in a state of overcrowding. Almost every day in cinemas there are premieres of new films, and TV channels order the next series. Therefore, it becomes more and more difficult for their creators to impress or at least interest an overly picky viewer. But director Alan Taylor's films are doing just fine so far. This man has always been able to shoot good things. But for this, he first had to be born.

A was born Alan Taylor in 1965 in the family of videographer James Taylor and curatorial work specialist Mimi Kazort. He now lives in New York, and sometimes moves to Pennsylvania with his wife Nikki Ledermann and threechildren.

TV career

Taylor Alan began directing in 1990, when he made his first thirty-minute film, Hot Question. And since then, his work can be appreciated in many series. So, he filmed several episodes in the detective series Homicide (1993 - 1999). Worked on the sixth episodes of the first two seasons of the dramatic thriller OZ Prison (1997-2003).

The popular TV series Sex and the City (1998-2004), designed mainly for a female audience, did not pass by. Taylor Alan directed two episodes each in the second, fourth and sixth seasons.

Often Alan Taylor's serial films were in the list of the best works. For example, the crime drama The Sopranos (1999-2007), from which he got nine episodes, has become one of the highest rated series. And the director himself then received the Emmy award. Another major success for him was the filming of several episodes of the popular drama Mad Men (2007-2015) about the workdays of a prestigious advertising agency. His work was then appreciated by two nominations and the Directors Guild of America Award.

And not only on TV

Mr. Taylor is also associated with other popular projects. Under his leadership, two episodes of the political drama The West Wing (1999-2006) were filmed. He has worked on projects such as The Client Is Always Dead (2001-2005), the historical western Deadwood (2004-2006), Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014) and others.

In addition to serials, the director also made feature films. Alan Taylor, whose full filmography consists of five feature films, succeeded here too. The list includes the crime comedy Hooligan City (1995), the drama The King's New Clothes (2001), another drama Kill the Poor (2003) and two fantasy action movies - Thor: The Dark World (2013) and The Terminator: Genesis (2015). Consider the most popular of them.

The King's New Dress (2001)

Having been defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon finally loses power. But he still has supporters who yearn for his return to Paris. To do this, his double is sent to the island of St. Helena, and Napoleon himself, under the guise of a sailor, goes to the capital of France.

But at some point things get out of hand. Bonaparte, once in Paris, understands that he has nothing to do here and should not expect any support. But he can’t return to the island either, since his double has already got used to his new role and is not going to leave it.

Terminator Genisys (2015)

The fifth film in the popular franchise shows a future in which humanity is waging a bloody war with the Skynet Corporation. The commander of the resistance, John Connor, sends a soldier Kyle Reese into the past to save his mother and thus ensure his existence in the future.

But due to a rift in time, Kyle finds himself in an alternate past where Sarah Connor is already protected by a T-800 Terminator. After allhere, Sarah faces an even more serious danger - an improved model of the T-1000, completely made of liquid metal. So Kyle will have to work very hard to complete his task.

Thor: The Dark World (2013)

It's easy to see that Alan Taylor's films often have large budgets. And the fantastic action movie "Thor: The Kingdom of Darkness" is another confirmation of this. After returning home, Thor begins to restore order in all nine worlds. And his unlucky brother is in an Asgardian prison for conspiring with the Chitauri. Everything is quiet. But not on Earth. A suspicious anomaly associated with a violation of gravity was discovered there, due to which objects of various sizes literally hover in the air. Upon learning that his friend Jane Foster is in danger, Thor takes her to Asgard.

It turns out that upon contact with the anomaly, Jane becomes the bearer of the power known as the aether. This leads to the awakening of Thor's longtime enemy and Dark Elf ruler Malekith. Having received freedom, he is going to destroy all nine worlds. Thor, of course, will try to stop him, but he will have to go to great lengths. And first, ask your brother for help.

Taylor Alan is now wrapping up AMC's sci-fi drama Roadside Picnic. The series is an adaptation of the story by the Strugatsky brothers and tells about the life of a stalker who earns money by selling artifacts found on the territory of one of the zones, supposedly created by an extraterrestrial civilization.