#42 - Juliet Taylor: Legendary Casting Director on Taxi Driver & The Exorcist, Putting Meryl Streep In Her First Movie, Career Luck, Woody Allen, & Collaborating With A Holocaust Survivor on Schindler’s List
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Today’s guest is one of the most notable casting directors in the history of movie making.
Beginning her career under the tutelage of legendary casting director Marion Doughtery, our guest then transitioned to making a name for herself and by god did she.
Now retired, during her epic career she was responsible for the casting of films including but not limited to, DEEP BREATH NOW - Taxi Driver, Schindler’s List, The Exorcist, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Network, Terms of Endearment, Big, The Killing Fields, Dangerous Liaisons, The Mission and Sleepless in Seattle. Not to mention her longstanding collaboration of over 40 movies with Woody Allen including Annie Hall and Manhattan AND finally she was also the woman to cast Meryl Street in her first motion picture.
My guest is Juliet Taylor.
Today’s guest began his career writing novels informed by his experiences growing up in the troubles of 1970s Northern Ireland such as The Second Prison which was shortlisted for the 1991 Irish Times prize.Soon after, he began writing for television and film, again bringing signature realism to...
Published 04/29/24
Today’s guest began her creative journey in the world of theatre before moving to Pixar where she worked in the story department of hits including Ratatouille, Up, Brave, The Good Dinosaur and Inside Out.
Having now transitioned to writing and showrunning her own projects, most recently the...
Published 04/08/24