Alan Taylor

About

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...

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Law & OrderSeries • 1990Nurse JackieSeries • 2009Game of ThronesSeries • 2011The SopranosSeries • 1999LostSeries • 2004House of the DragonSeries • 2022The West WingSeries • 1999Mad MenSeries • 2007Sex and the CitySeries • 1998Homicide: Life on the StreetSeries • 1993Boardwalk EmpireSeries • 2010Six Feet UnderSeries • 2001OzSeries • 1997In TreatmentSeries • 2008Big LoveSeries • 2006DeadwoodSeries • 2004RomeSeries • 2005Thor: The Dark WorldMovie • 2013Interview with the VampireSeries • 2022BLUE EYE SAMURAISeries • 2023Terminator GenisysMovie • 2015CarnivàleSeries • 2003The Crowded RoomSeries • 2023Philip K. Dick's Electric DreamsSeries • 2017