Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE

born 1967

Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE, ‘Brontosaurus’ 1995
Brontosaurus 1995
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Biography

Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson OBE (née Taylor-Wood, born 4 March 1967) is an English filmmaker and photographer. Her directorial feature film debut came in 2009 with Nowhere Boy, a film based on the childhood experiences of the Beatles songwriter and singer John Lennon. She is one of a group of artists known as the Young British Artists.

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Artworks

Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE, ‘Brontosaurus’ 1995

Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE Brontosaurus

1995
T07545
Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE, ‘Killing Time’ 1994

Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE Killing Time

1994
T07937
Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE, ‘Soliloquy II’ 1998

Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE Soliloquy II

1998
P78318
Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE, ‘Soliloquy I’ 1998

Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE Soliloquy I

1998
P78317
Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE, ‘Red’ 2000

Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE Red

2000
View by appointment P11682
Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE, ‘[no title]’ 1994

Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE [no title]

1994
View by appointment P11431
Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE, ‘Red Snow’ 1997

Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE Red Snow

1997
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Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE Wanderer Above the Sea of Dreams

2016
P14449

Film and audio

Still image of Sam Taylor-Wood: Artist’s Talk

Sam Taylor-Wood: Artist’s Talk

Sam Taylor-Wood talked to Tim Marlow, editor of Tate magazine, about her work.

Features
Tate Etc

Objects That Speak for Themselves

Chris Fite-Wassilak

Since the birth of humans as sentient beings, we have believed in the animistic nature of things – of plants ...

Sam Taylor-Wood Still Life 2001 Film still one
Tate Etc

A matter of time

T.J. Demos

The ability to play with time, stretching and quickening it is a distinctively modern phenomenon, since the advent of photography ...

Sam Taylor-Wood Killing Time 1994 Installed at Tate Britain 2003
Tate Papers

Authenticity, Change and Loss in the Conservation of Time-Based Media Installations

Pip Laurenson

This paper focuses on three concepts central to the theory of conservation: authenticity, change and loss. These terms are explored ...

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