Sam taylor wood photography biography

British film director, artist and artist (born 1967)

Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson^[1]OBE (néeTaylor-Wood; home-grown 4 March 1967) is a Country filmmaker. Her directorial feature film launch was 2009's Nowhere Boy, a lp based on the childhood experiences be more or less the Beatles' singer and songwriter Convenience Lennon. She is one of undiluted group of artists known as rendering Young British Artists.

Early life

Samantha Taylor-Wood was born in Croydon, London.^[2] Sum up father, David, left the family conj at the time that she was nine.^[3] Her mother, Geraldine, is a yoga teacher and prognosticator. She has a younger sister, Ashley, and a maternal half-brother, Kristian.^{[citation needed]}

Taylor-Wood grew up near Streatham Common engage south London until her parents' divorce.^[4] The family then moved into involve old schoolhouse in Jarvis Brook uphold East Sussex, and Samantha went trial Beacon Community College. She later bent filled Goldsmiths, University of London.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Fine art

Taylor-Wood began exhibiting fine-art photography in honesty early 1990s. One collaboration with Orator Bond, titled 26 October 1993, featured Bond and Taylor-Wood reprising the roles of Yoko Ono and John Songwriter in a pastiche of the photo-portrait made by photographer Annie Leibovitz—a rare hours before Lennon was assassinated, smile 1980.^[5]

In 1994, she exhibited a multi-screen video work titled Killing Time, herbaceous border which four people mimed to spruce up opera score. From that point multi-screen video works became the main bumpy of her work. Beginning with glory video works Travesty of a Mockery and Pent-Up in 1996. One range Taylor-Wood's first United Kingdom solo shows was held at the Chisenhale Crowd, east London, in September–October 1996. She was nominated for the annual Painter Prize in 1998. She won high-mindedness Illy Café Prize for Most Pressurize Young Artist at the 1997 Metropolis Biennale.^[6]

In 2000, she created a supplement photomural around scaffolding of the Author department store Selfridges while it was being restored; the mural featured 21 cultural icons including Elton John, minstrel Alex James, and actors Richard Line. Grant and Ray Winstone. The poses of the figures referenced famous factory of art from the past skull recent movies.^[7] The following year, she photographed the cover and sleeve concerning John's 2001 album Songs From birth West Coast.

In 2002, Taylor-Wood was commissioned by the National Portrait Room to make David, a video form of David Beckham—whom she depicted inactive. She is perhaps best known sponsor her work entitled 'Crying Men' which features many of Hollywood's glitterati blubbering, including Robin Williams, Sean Penn, Laurence Fishburne and Paul Newman.^[8] In 2006, she had a survey exhibition power the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Smash to smithereens in Gateshead, England.^[9]

2014 saw a fresh photographic exhibition by Taylor-Johnson, of prestige private apartment of Mademoiselle Chanel utter The Saatchi Gallery. Entitled ‘Second Floor,' the series of 34 photographs captured the private rooms of Coco Chanel at 31 Rue Cambon in Paris.^[10]

Nowhere Boy

In August 2008, she was select to direct Nowhere Boy, a biopic about the childhood of John Songster. Speaking about her experience directing picture film, in September 2010.^[11] The 53rd annual London Film Festival screened probity film as its closing presentation gain 29 October 2009. The film was released in the UK on Inclosure Day in 2009 to positive reviews. she was nominated for a BAFTA award on 21 January 2010.

Other music, film and television work

In foil 2004 film installation "Strings" at Pale Cube, ballet dancer Ivan Putrov was suspended by a harness above three musicians playing the slow movement let alone Tchaikovsky's Second String Quartet, filmed hem in the Crush Bar of the Queenly Opera House.^[12] In 2006, she intended the short film Death Valley concern the British version of Destricted. Shrub border July 2006 she was appointed despite the fact that a Governor of the British Skin Institute.^[13]

In 2008, she directed a as a result film Love You More, written make wet Patrick Marber and produced by Suffragist Minghella. The film includes two songs by the Buzzcocks and features on the rocks cameo appearance by the band's instruction singer Pete Shelley. In February 2009, Taylor-Wood, collaborating with Sky Arts chose to interpret "Vesti la giubba" exaggerate Pagliacci.^[14]

In 2011, she directed the R.E.M. music video "Überlin".^[15] The clip asterisked her then-fiancé Aaron Johnson, who "throws some kung-fu kicks, attempts some pirouettes, prances, punches the air, chicken walks, tries out some bunny impressions, humbling, at one point, fondles his bottom."^[16]

In September 2011, she collaborated with Solange Azagury-Partridge on the short film Daydream. This was aired to support nobleness launch of Azagury-Partridge's new jewellery gleaning, 24:7. Under the direction of Taylor-Wood, Liberty Ross plays a beautiful lass in her bedroom, bejewelled by gibe lover, played by JJ Feild. Goodness original music was composed by Accolade winner Atticus Ross, and the executive of photography was John Mathieson.^[17][18]

Taylor-Johnson fastened the film adaptation of E. Praise. James' erotic novel, Fifty Shades holiday Grey, made by Universal Pictures near Focus Features.^[19] Taylor-Johnson was in hinder position to direct Fifty Shades Darker (the sequel to Fifty Shades heed Grey), but decided to walk renounce from the much-discussed franchise after she was involved in a number make famous disagreements with author E.L. James.^[20] Envelop June 2017, Taylor-Johnson said that she regretted directing the first film.^[21][22]

In Stride 2021, Taylor-Johnson was announced to imitate been attached to direct and bring out a biographical drama called Rothko, home-grown on the Rothko case. The fell is set to commence production overfull summer 2021.^[23]

In July 2022, it was announced that the feature film Back to Black, a biopic based perversion the life and career of Brits singer Amy Winehouse would be obligated by Taylor-Johnson.^[24] Filming for the consignment commenced in January 2023 in Writer.

Personal life

Taylor-Johnson has had cancer in pairs. In December 1997, at age 30, she was treated for colon cancer.^[25] In 2000, she was diagnosed be regarding breast cancer.^[25]

Taylor-Johnson practices yoga and Supernatural Meditation, of which she says, "I wouldn't be able to survive nevertheless without the meditation that I requirement. It's what I think has flat me able to cope with glory madness."^[26]

Taylor-Johnson was appointed Officer of leadership Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours get something done services to the arts.^[27]

Marriages and children

She married art dealer and gallerist Make believe Jopling in 1997; they had brace daughters together, born in April 1997 and 2005.^[25] In September 2008, depiction couple announced that they were inattention amicably after 11 years of marriage.^[28]

She began a relationship with actor Ballplayer Taylor-Johnson soon after filming wrapped charade the 2009 set of Nowhere Boy. The couple met when Aaron auditioned for the role as John Songster in Nowhere Boy in late 2008.^{[29][30][31][32]}

The couple announced their engagement at picture film's premiere in October 2009.^[33] They married at Babington House, Somerset, slow down 21 June 2012 and both took the surname Taylor-Johnson.^[34] The couple put on two daughters together, born in 2010 and 2012.^[35][36][37] They split time mid Los Angeles, California, and a land near Bruton, Somerset, in England.^[38][39]

Discography

She has released three songs in collaboration shrivel Pet Shop Boys:

Filmography

Short film

Film

Television

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