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Alan Taylor

Highest Rated: 73% The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)

Lowest Rated: 25% Kill the Poor (2003)

Birthday: Jan 13, 1959

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA

A former history major who switched to film after losing faith in the academic life, Alan Taylor scored critical approval with his first feature, "Palookaville" (1995), about three young men in Jersey City, NJ, mired in great-rich-quick schemes. Made in association with American Playhouse, the film, which won the Kodak Award at the Venice Film Festival, owed its inspiration to short stories by Italian writer Italo Calvini as well as several classic films, notably "Big Deal on Madonna Street" (1958). Taylor demonstrated his helming skills by negotiating the fine line between absurdist deadpan humor and realism, evoking fine performances from his cast. Eschewing showy camerawork and focusing on the story, the director created a film that featured believable characters, working-class men frustrated by their situations and the strong, independent females in their lives.

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73% 65% The Emperor's New Clothes
Watchlist 72% 59% The Many Saints of Newark Watchlist
67% 75% Thor: The Dark World
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64% 63% Palookaville
Watchlist 26% 52% Terminator Genisys Watchlist
25% 33% Kill the Poor
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Alan Taylor Alan Taylor Alan Taylor; at arrivals for THOR: The Dark World Premiere, El Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles, CA November 4, 2013. Photo By: Michael Germana TERMINATOR GENISYS, l-r: Jason Clarke, director Alan Taylor on set, 2015. ph: Melinda Sue Gordon/©Paramount Pictures TERMINATOR GENISYS, director Alan Taylor on set, 2015. ©Paramount Pictures TERMINATOR GENISYS, l-r: Arnold Schwarzenegger, director Alan Taylor on set, 2015. ph: Melinda Sue Gordon/©Paramount Pictures TERMINATOR GENISYS, from left: producer Dana Goldberg, executive producer Laeta Kalogridis, director Alan Taylor, producer David Ellison, on set, 2015. ph: Melinda Sue Gordon/©Paramount Pictures THOR: THE DARK WORLD, Christopher Eccleston (center of frame), director Alan Taylor (right), on set, 2013. ph: Jay Maidment/©Walt Disney Studios THOR: THE DARK WORLD, director Alan Taylor (right), on set, 2013. ph: Jay Maidment/©Walt Disney Studios THOR: THE DARK WORLD, director Alan Taylor, on set, 2013. ph: Jay Maidment/©Walt Disney Studios View more photos

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The Many Saints of Newark 72% 59% 2021 Director Terminator Genisys 26% 52% 2015 Director Thor: The Dark World 67% 75% 2013 Director Kill the Poor 25% 33% 2003 Director The Emperor's New Clothes 73% 65% 2001 Director, Writer Palookaville 64% 63% 1995 Director
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