The art of shooting interesting things. Taylor Alan: Biography and Creativity

Taylor Alan is an American film director, screenwriter and producer, who has made a hand in creating many television projects, including six episodes of the popular fantasy series "The Game of Thrones." In the article, we will pay attention to the successes 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 there are premieres of new films in cinemas, and television channels order the next series. Therefore, it becomes more difficult for their creators to impress, or at least to attract, a too picky viewer. But the films of director Alan Taylor are still doing it well. This person has always been able to shoot good things. But for this he first had to be born.

And Alan Taylor was born in 1965 in the family of videographer James Taylor and a specialist in curatorial work Mimi Kazort. Now he lives in New York, and sometimes moves to Pennsylvania with his wife Nikki Ledermann and three children.

Career on TV

Directing Taylor Alan began his studies in 1990, when he filmed his first thirty-minute film, The Hot Question. And since then, his work can be evaluated on many TV shows. So, he filmed several episodes in the detective series "Slaughter Department" (1993 - 1999). Worked on the sixth episodes of the first two seasons of the dramatic thriller "Prison OZ" (1997-2003).

Did not pass by and popular, calculated mainly for the female audience series "Sex and the City" (1998-2004). Taylor Alan shot two episodes in the second, fourth and sixth season.

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

And not only on television

Mr. Taylor is connected with other popular projects. Under his leadership, two episodes of the political drama "The Western Wing" (1999-2006) were filmed. He worked on such projects as "The client is always dead" (2001-2005), the historical western "Deadwood" (2004-2006), "The Underground Empire" (2010-2014), etc.

In addition to the series, the director also shot full-length films. Alan Taylor, the complete filmography of which consists of five art paintings, and has succeeded here. The list includes the criminal comedy The City of the Hooligans (1995), the drama The New Dress of the King (2001), another drama "Kill the Poor" (2003) and two fantastic action films - Thor: The Kingdom of Darkness (2013) and Terminator : Genesis "(2015). Consider the most popular of them.

"The new dress of the King" (2001)

Defeated in the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon finally loses power. But he still has supporters who crave his return to Paris. For this, his twin is sent to St. Helena, and Napoleon himself, sent as a sailor, leaves for the French capital.

But at some point everything goes out of control. Bonaparte, once in Paris, understands that there is nothing to do here and there is no need to wait for any support. But he can not return to the island, because his double has already got used to his new role and is not going to leave it.

Terminator: Genesis (2015)

In the fifth film of the popular franchise, the future is shown, in which humanity is engaged in a bloody war with the Skynet Corporation. The resistance commander, John Connor, sends soldiers Kyle Reese back in time to save his mother and thus secure his existence in the future.

But because of the fault in time, Kyle finds herself in an alternate past where Sarah Connor is already protecting the Terminator T-800. After all, Sarah is facing an even more serious danger - an improved model T-1000, completely made of liquid metal. So Kaylu will have to try very hard to fulfill his task.

"Thor: The Kingdom of Darkness" (2013)

It's easy to see that Alan Taylor's films often have a large budget. 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, for conspiring with chitauri, sits in an Asgard prison. Everything is quiet. But not on Earth. There is a suspicious anomaly associated with a violation of gravity, because of which objects of different sizes literally soar in the air. Learning that his girlfriend Jane Foster is in danger, Thor takes her to Asgard.

It turns out that in contact with the anomaly, Jane becomes the bearer of a force known as ether. This leads to the awakening of the old enemy of Thor and the ruler of the dark elves Malekith. Having obtained freedom, he is going to destroy all nine worlds. Thor, of course, will try to stop him, but he will have to go to much. And to begin with, ask for help from your brother.

Now Taylor Alan finishes working on the fantastic drama "Picnic on the Roadside", ordered by the AMC channel. The series is a film adaptation of the story of the Strugatsky brothers and tells about the life of a stalker who earns by selling artifacts found in the territory of one of the zones created, presumably, by extraterrestrial civilization.