Sam Taylor-Wood (born 4 March 1967) is an British filmmaker, photographer and conceptual artist.
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Career
Taylor-Wood's breakthrough came in 1994 with the work Killing Time in which four people mimed an opera score. From that point multi-screen video works became the main focus of Taylor-Wood's work. Beginning with the video works Travesty of a Mockery and Pent-Up in 1996. In 2002, Taylor-Wood was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to make a video portrait of David Beckham sleeping.[1]
Taylor-Wood was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1997 and won the Illy Café Prize for Most Promising Young Artist at the 47th Venice Biennale.[2][dead link]
In 2008, Taylor-Wood directed a short film Love You More, written by Patrick Marber and produced by Anthony Minghella. The film includes two songs by Buzzcocks and features a cameo appearance by the band's lead singer Pete Shelley.
In August 2008 Taylor-Wood was chosen to direct Nowhere Boy, a biopic about legendary Beatles singer, John Lennon. The 53rd annual London Film Festival has selected Nowhere Boy to be its closing presentation on October 29, 2009.
In February 2009, Sam Taylor-Wood, collaborating with Sky Arts chose to interpret Vesti la Giubba from Pagliacci. She commented: "I’m really happy to be involved in such a great project. I think by capturing one of opera's most moving moments in a film short, we have put a modern spin on the aria."[3]
Personal life
On 19 September 2008, Taylor-Wood and her art dealer husband, Jay Jopling, announced that they would be divorcing amicably for personal reasons after 11 years of marriage.[4][5]
Notes and references
- ^ David Beckham portrait at National Portrait Gallery
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Unlikely trio make opera short films" Sky Arts Accessed December 31, 2009
- ^ "Powerful art-world marriage ends." BBC News; 19 September 2008
- ^ Noah, Sherna. "Art couple Taylor-Wood and Jopling to separate after 11 years' marriage" The Independent September 20, 2008
External links
- Sam Taylor-Wood at the Internet Movie Database
- White Cube bio page
- BBC Collective Sam Taylor-Wood video interview about her show Still Lives at Baltic, plus a gallery of images
- Sam Taylor-Wood on artnet
- David Video David Beckham Sleeping Video at Liverpool Walker Gallery
- Love You More short film official website
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