1. Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson is a British filmmaker.
13 Facts About Sam Taylor-Johnson
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Sam Taylor-Johnson is one of a group of artists known as the Young British Artists.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson's mother, Geraldine, is a yoga teacher and astrologist.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson has a younger sister, Ashley, and a maternal half-brother, Kristian.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson was nominated for the annual Turner Prize in 1998.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson won the Illy Cafe Prize for Most Promising Young Artist at the 1997 Venice Biennale.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson is perhaps best known for her work entitled 'Crying Men' which features many of Hollywood's glitterati crying, including Robin Williams, Sean Penn, Laurence Fishburne and Paul Newman.
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In June 2017, Sam Taylor-Johnson said that she regretted directing the first film.
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In March 2021, Sam Taylor-Johnson was announced to have been attached to direct and produce a biographical drama called Rothko, based on the Rothko case.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to the arts.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson married art dealer and gallerist Jay Jopling in 1997; they had two daughters together, born in April 1997 and 2005.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson began a relationship with actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson soon after filming wrapped on the 2009 set of Nowhere Boy.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson has released three songs in collaboration with Pet Shop Boys:.