Juliet Taylor is an American casting director. A six-time Casting Society of America award winner, she has cast more than 100 movies, including 43 of Woody Allen's films. In November 2024, she received the Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievement in film.

Early life and education Taylor grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, and attended Miss Porter's School and Smith College, where she majored in drama.

Career Taylor moved to New York following her graduation, and through a connection at Smith, she was hired as a receptionist for David Merrick, a theater producer. A year later she began working for casting director Marion Dougherty, who became her mentor. In 1973, Dougherty left casting to become a producer, and Taylor ran the company until 1977, when she was named director of East Coast casting for Paramount Pictures. In 1978 she began to cast films independently. Her first solo casting credit was for The Exorcist. In 1979, in a feature story titled "The Casting Director," New York Magazine wrote: "It is commonly conceded within the film industry that Juliet Taylor is the best and by far the most important of the casting directors."

In addition to casting films including Taxi Driver, Sleepless in Seattle and Schindler's List, Taylor has cast 43 Woody Allen movies, beginning with 1975's Love and Death. He credits her with introducing him to Jeff Daniels, Mary Beth Hurt, Patricia Clarkson, Mariel Hemingway, Dianne Wiest, Meryl Streep, Joaquin Phoenix, and Parker Posey, among others.

Taylor was featured in the 2013 HBO documentary, Casting By. She was awarded the Smith College Medal in 1990. She received the Academy Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement in November 2024. She was the second casting director to receive the award, which was presented to her by Nicole Kidman.

Filmography Film Year Project Director1973 The Exorcist William Friedkin 1975 Love and Death Woody Allen The Stepford Wives Bryan Forbes The Happy Hooker Nicholas Sgarro 1976 The Front Martin Ritt Marathon Man John Schlesinger Network Sidney Lumet Next Stop, Greenwich Village Paul Mazursky Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese 1977 Annie Hall Woody Allen Between the Lines Joan Micklin Silver Close Encounters of the Third Kind Steven Spielberg The Great Bank Hoax Joseph Jacoby Julia Fred Zinnemann The Turning Point Herbert Ross Thieves John Berry 1978 Interiors Woody Allen Pretty Baby Louis Malle Oliver's Story John Korty 1979 Manhattan Woody Allen Starting Over Alan J. Pakula 1980 Stardust Memories Woody Allen 1981 Arthur Steve Gordon Fort Apache, the Bronx Daniel Petrie Honky Tonk Freeway John Schlesinger Rollover Alan J. Pakula 1982 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy Woody Allen Shoot the Moon Alan Parker Still of the Night Robert Benton Tempest Paul Mazursky 1983 Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks Zelig Woody Allen 1984 Birdy Alan Parker Broadway Danny Rose Woody Allen Crackers Louis Malle Falling in Love Ulu Grosbard The Killing Fields Roland Joffe Misunderstood Jerry Schatzberg 1985 Alamo Bay Louis Malle 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen Heartburn Mike Nichols The Manhattan Project Marshall Brickman The Mission Roland Joffe 1987 Radio Days Woody Allen September 1988 Another Woman Big Penny Marshall Biloxi Blues Mike Nichols Dangerous Liaisons Stephen Frears Mississippi Burning Alan Parker Working Girl Mike Nichols 1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors Woody Allen New York Stories Woody Allen / Scorsese / Coppola 1990 Alice Woody Allen The Grifters Stephen Frears Postcards from the Edge Mike Nichols The Sheltering Sky Bernardo Bertolucci 1991 Regarding Henry Mike Nichols Shadows and Fog Woody Allen 1992 Husbands and Wives Hero Stephen Frears This Is My Life Nora Ephron 1993 Manhattan Murder Mystery Woody Allen Schindler's List Steven Spielberg Sleepless in Seattle Nora Ephron 1994 Angie Martha Coolidge Bullets over Broadway Woody Allen Interview with the Vampire Neil Jordan Mixed Nuts Nora Ephron The Road to Welville Alan Parker Wolf Mike Nichols 1995 Mighty Aphrodite Woody Allen 1996 The Birdcage Mike Nichols Everyone Says I Love You Woody Allen Mary Reilly Stephen Frears 1997 Deconstructing Harry Woody Allen 1998 Celebrity Meet Joe Black Martin Brest Primary Colors Mike Nichols 1999 Angela's Ashes Alan Parker Sweet and Lowdown Woody Allen 2000 Small Time Crooks 2001 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 2002 Hollywood Ending People I Know Daniel Algrant 2003 Anything Else Woody Allen The Life of David Gale Alan Parker 2004 Marie and Bruce Tom Cairns Melinda and Melinda Woody Allen The Stepford Wives Frank Oz 2005 The Interpreter Sydney Pollack Match Point Woody Allen 2006 Scoop 2007 Cassandra's Dream 2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2009 Whatever Works 2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger 2011 Midnight in Paris 2012 To Rome with Love 2013 Blue Jasmine 2014 Magic in the Moonlight 2015 Irrational Man 2016 Cafe Society

Television Year Project Director Notes1994 Don't Drink the Water Woody Allen ABC television film2001 Wit Mike Nichols HBO television film 2003 Angels in America Mike Nichols HBO miniseries

Awards and nominations

Oscar, Emmy, Gotham Independent and New York Women in Film awards Year Association Category Nominated work Result 2024 Academy Award Academy Honorary AwardLifetime Achievement 2001Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a SpecialWit (with Ellen Lewis, Leo Davis) 2004 Angels in America (with Ellen Lewis) 1995 Gotham Independent Film Awards Independent Film Tribute Award 1996 New York Women in Film Awards Muse Award 2001 Women in Film Crystal Awards Crystal Award

Casting Society of America Awards 1985 Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy The Purple Rose of Cairo 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters 1987 Radio Days 1988 Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama Mississippi Burning Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy Working Girl Big 1990 Postcards from the Edge Alice Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama The Grifters 1992 Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy Husbands and Wives This Is My Life 1993 Sleepless in Seattle 1994 Angie 1994 Bullets Over Broadway 1995 Mighty Aphrodite 1996 The Birdcage 1997 Everyone Says I Love You 1998 Primary Colors 1999 Celebrity 1997 As casting director, 1997Hoyt Bowers Award 2006 As casting director, 2006 Golden Apple Award 2013 Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy Blue Jasmine 2016 Café Society

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