---
name: "Alan Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-taylor"
fi1m_id: "alan-taylor"
imdb_id: "nm0851930"
tmdb_id: 47005
wikidata_id: "Q1113146"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 19
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "director"
average_over: 19
updated: "2026-10-07T15:06:59.114125+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alan Taylor

## Identity

Alan Taylor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alan-taylor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alan-taylor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0851930
- **TMDB ID:** 47005
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1113146
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Taylor_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1113146, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851930/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47005

Director. Born 1 January 1965 in San Francisco.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1965, San Francisco
- **Active:** 1990–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Steve Shill](https://film.one/person/steve-shill.md), [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Allen Coulter](https://film.one/person/allen-coulter.md), [Tim Van Patten](https://film.one/person/tim-van-patten.md), [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [Jeremy Podeswa](https://film.one/person/jeremy-podeswa.md), [Michael Lehmann](https://film.one/person/michael-lehmann.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as director, over 19 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (5), 2000s 78 (9), 2010s 66 (4), 2020s 79 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 71 across 16 titles
- **Score spread:** 11 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 16, Crime 7, Action & Adventure 4, Mystery 4, Action 2, Comedy 2
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,085m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Taylor_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1113146, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851930/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47005

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Sopranos*](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md) (94), [*Deadwood*](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) (91), [*Six Feet Under*](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md) (86), [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86), [*Game of Thrones*](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md) (82), [*Rome*](https://film.one/tv/rome.md) (82), [*Boardwalk Empire*](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md) (80), [*Oz*](https://film.one/tv/oz.md) (80), [*Big Love*](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md) (79)
- **AMC+:** [*Mad Men*](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*Lost*](https://film.one/tv/lost.md) (81)
- **Netflix:** [*BLUE EYE SAMURAI*](https://film.one/tv/blue-eye-samurai.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alan Taylor is an American television and film director. He has directed episodes of numerous series including *The Sopranos* (1999), *The West Wing* (1999), *Six Feet Under* (2001), *Deadwood* (2004), *Mad Men* (2007), *Lost* (2004), *Rome* (2005), *Boardwalk Empire* (2010) and *Game of Thrones* (2011).

Taylor directed the feature films *Palookaville* (1995), *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), *Terminator Genisys* (2015) and *The Many Saints of Newark* (2021). In 2007 he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the *The Sopranos* episode 'Kennedy and Heidi'. He received further Emmy nominations in the same category for the *Mad Men* pilot 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' (2008) and the *Game of Thrones* episode 'Beyond the Wall' (2018).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (19)

- *BLUE EYE SAMURAI* (2023), Fi1m 79, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/blue-eye-samurai.md)
- *Terminator Genisys* (2015), Fi1m 45, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-genisys.md)
- *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), Fi1m 58, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/thor-the-dark-world.md)
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), Fi1m 82, Co-Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *Bored to Death* (2009), Fi1m 50, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/bored-to-death.md)
- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md)
- *Mad Men* (2007), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *Big Love* (2006), Fi1m 79, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Rome* (2005), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/rome.md)
- *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *Lost* (2004), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Carnivàle* (2003), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md)
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *The Sopranos* (1999), Fi1m 94, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Oz* (1997), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), Fi1m 89, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Westies* (2026), series, Director
- *The Vampire Lestat* (2026), series, Director
- *BLUE EYE SAMURAI* (2023), series, Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/blue-eye-samurai.md)
- *The Crowded Room* (2023), series, Director
- *Interview with the Vampire* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Director, Other
- *House of the Dragon* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *The Many Saints of Newark* (2021), Director
- *The Art of Television: les réalisateurs de séries* (2018), series, Actor
- *Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams* (2017), series, Director
- *Terminator Genisys* (2015), Director — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-genisys.md)
- *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), Director — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/thor-the-dark-world.md)
- *The Playboy Club* (2011), series, Director
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *Rubicon* (2010), series, Director
- *Bored to Death* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/tv/bored-to-death.md)
- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md)
- *1%* (2008), Director
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Director
- *Mad Men* (2007), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *Big Love* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Rome* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/rome.md)
- *Lost* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Deadwood* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *Carnivàle* (2003), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md)
- *Keen Eddie* (2003), series, Director
- *Kill the Poor* (2003), Director
- *The Emperor's New Clothes* (2001), Director, Screenplay
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Now and Again* (1999), series, Director
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Sex and the City* (1998), series, Director
- *Oz* (1997), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *Palookaville* (1996), Director
- *Traders* (1996), series, Director
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *That Burning Question* (1991), Writer, Director
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Roadside Picnic*, series, Director

## Gallery

- ![Alan Taylor at the world premiere of Thor: The Dark World. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/60882/gallery-c882f623efcf.jpg) Alan Taylor at the world premiere of Thor: The Dark World. (2013) — Benjamin Ellis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Alan_Taylor_2013.jpg/1280px-Alan_Taylor_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alan Taylor](https://film.one/media/person/60882/gallery-53ec5d1455e5.jpg) Alan Taylor — Alan_Taylor_2013.jpg: Benjamin Ellis
derivative work: TriiipleThreat, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Alan_Taylor_2013_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alan Taylor at the world premiere of Thor: The Dark World. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/60882/gallery-8d2abeaf381f.jpg) Alan Taylor at the world premiere of Thor: The Dark World. (2013) — Benjamin Ellis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Alan_Taylor_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 2012: Outstanding Drama Series (nominated), for *Game of Thrones*
- 2008: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (nominated), for *Mad Men*
- 2007: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (won), for *The Sopranos*

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Hugo Awards 2012: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (won), for *Game of Thrones*
- Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series 2008: Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series (nominated), for *Mad Men*
- Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series 2007: Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series (won), for *Mad Men*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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