Portrait of Sam Taylor-Johnson

Directing

Sam Taylor-Johnson

Career

Active from 1994 to 2024, busiest in 2001 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score52/100
Highest rated
Poster for Nowhere Boy
Nowhere Boy
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sam Taylor-Johnson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1
  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Contemporary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Middlesex
Middlesex

Director

2020s

1 title ยท average score 49
Back to Black
Back to Black (2024)
GoodWatch score 49

Director, Executive Producer

2010s

3 titles ยท average score 45
A Million Little Pieces
A Million Little Pieces (2019)
GoodWatch score 46

Screenplay, Director

Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
GoodWatch score 38

Director

James Bond Supports International Women's Day
James Bond Supports International Women's Day (2011)
GoodWatch score 49

Director

2000s

19 titles ยท average score 55
Nowhere Boy
Nowhere Boy (2009)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

Love You More
Love You More (2008)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Producer

Sigh
Sigh (2008)

Director

That White Rush
That White Rush (2007)

Director

Destricted
Destricted (2006)
GoodWatch score 27

Writer, Director

Death Valley
Death Valley (2006)

Director

David
David (2004)

Director

Strings
Strings (2003)

Director

A Little Death
A Little Death (2002)

Director

Still Life
Still Life (2001)

Director

Pieta
Pieta (2001)

Director

Breach (Girl & Eunuch)
Breach (Girl & Eunuch) (2001)

Director

1990s

11 titles
Third Party
Third Party (1999)

Director

Hysteria
Hysteria (1999)

Director

Noli Me Tangere
Noli Me Tangere (1998)

Director

Method in Madness
Method in Madness (1998)

Director

Atlantic
Atlantic (1997)

Director

Misfit
Misfit (1996)

Director

Knackered
Knackered (1996)

Director

Travesty of a Mockery
Travesty of a Mockery (1995)

Director

Brontosaurus
Brontosaurus (1995)

Director

Pent-Up
Pent-Up (1994)

Director

Killing Time
Killing Time (1994)

Director

1970s

1 title ยท average score 63
The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show