Alan Taylor

Biography

Alan Taylor (born January 13, 1959) is an American television director, film director, screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known for his work on television series such as The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Mad Men, and Game of Thrones. He also directed films such as Palookaville, Thor: The Dark World, Terminator Genisys, and The Many Saints of Newark. In 2007, Taylor won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for The Sopranos episode "Kennedy and Heidi." In 2008 and 2018, he was also nominated in the same category for the Mad Men episode "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and the Game of Thrones episode "Beyond the Wall," respectively. Taylor's father, James J. Taylor, was a private in the U.S. Army translating for Voice of America, stationed in Yokohama, who subsequently held numerous jobs before becoming a videographer in Washington, D.C. Taylor's mother, Mimi Cazort, was curator emerita for the National Gallery of Canada. His sister is the 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 a…

Directed

1. Game of Thrones (2011) — Director
2. Thor: The Dark World (2013) — Director
3. Terminator Genisys (2015) — Director
4. House of the Dragon (2022) — Director
5. Lost (2004) — Director
6. The Sopranos (1999) — Director
7. Sex and the City (1998) — Director
8. Mad Men (2007) — Director
9. Rome (2005) — Director
10. Boardwalk Empire (2010) — Director
11. Six Feet Under (2001) — Director
12. Deadwood (2004) — Director
13. Oz (1997) — Director
14. BLUE EYE SAMURAI (2023) — Director
15. The Many Saints of Newark (2021) — Director
16. Law & Order (1990) — Director
17. The West Wing (1999) — Director
18. Carnivàle (2003) — Director
19. Interview with the Vampire (2022) — Director
20. Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017) — Director
21. The Crowded Room (2023) — Director
22. Bored to Death (2009) — Director
23. Nurse Jackie (2009) — Director
24. In Treatment (2008) — Director
25. Big Love (2006) — Director
26. Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) — Director
27. Rubicon (2010) — Director
28. The Playboy Club (2011) — Director
29. The Emperor's New Clothes (2001) — Director
30. Palookaville (1996) — Director
31. The Vampire Lestat (2026) — Director
32. Now and Again (1999) — Director
33. Keen Eddie (2003) — Director
34. Kill the Poor (2003) — Director
35. 1% (2008) — Director
36. Traders (1996) — Director
37. That Burning Question (1991) — Director
38. Roadside Picnic — Director

Also appeared in

1. Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014) — Self
2. The Art of Television: les réalisateurs de séries (2018)
3. Talking Sopranos (2020) — Self