Sam Taylor-Johnson

Sam Taylor-Johnson Trailers

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Sam Taylor-Johnson (born Samantha Louise Taylor-Wood; 4 March 1967) is an English director and producer. She is best known for directing the films Nowhere Boy (2009), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), and Love You More (2008).

Most Popular Sam Taylor-Johnson Trailers

Total trailers found: 38

Fifty Shades of Grey Trailer (2015)

11 February 2015

When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take.

Method in Madness Trailer (1998)

01 December 1998

1998 Sam Taylor-Wood video art piece featuring a dude goin' nuts

Death Valley Trailer (2006)

15 September 2006

Death Valley is recognised as the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere and one of the hottst places on earth.

Strings Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

A string quartet, dressed in black tie, seated in an arc that curves away from the viewer, play part of Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No.

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem Trailer (2016)

08 March 2016

Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insights, questions, and anecdotes about the place of women in Hollywood.

Back to Black Trailer (2024)

11 April 2024

The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame.

Elton John - Elton in Four Decades Trailer (2004)

08 November 2004

A 90 minute program of film footage from the Elton John archive, carefully selected for Elton's fans.

James Bond Supports International Women's Day Trailer (2011)

05 March 2011

This short film is made by 'We Are Equals' to celebrate International Women's Day. James Bond video for international women's day shows 007's feminine side.

Destricted Trailer (2006)

15 September 2006

A compilation of erotic films intended to illuminate the points where art meets sexuality.

A Million Little Pieces Trailer (2019)

30 August 2019

A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.

Nowhere Boy Trailer (2009)

25 December 2009

A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England.

Still Life Trailer (2001)

01 December 2001

2001 Sam Taylor video art piece featuring rotting fruit in time lapse

Half the Picture Trailer (2018)

23 January 2018

At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.

Crazy About Tiffany's Trailer (2016)

19 February 2016

A provocative and rare glimpse at the most iconic luxury jeweler in the world. From past to present, discovering the behind the scenes creation to those beholden to its charm, Tiffany & Co.

Mute Trailer (2001)

01 December 2001

2001 Sam Taylor-Wood video art work featuring a man praying in silence

David Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

Simply lit from one light source (the lamp in the Madrid hotel room where it was shot) and shot in a single long take after Beckham finished training, David joins Sam Taylor-Johnson's other intimate portraits of male vulnerability.

Misfit Trailer (1996)

01 January 1996

The brink of 2000. The misfits refuse to get krunk.

Third Party Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

As Harold Pinter famously said, Taylor-Johnson is 'the weasel under the cocktail cabinet' at this particular party.

Love You More Trailer (2008)

05 February 2008

Two teenagers are drawn together by the Buzzcocks' single 'Love You More' during the summer of 1978.

The Servant Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

The figures in this piece are the fashion designer Bella Freud, daughter of Lucian and granddaughter of Sigmund, and her husband, the writer James Fox.

Knackered Trailer (1996)

01 December 1996

1996 Sam Taylor-Wood video art piece focusing on a naked singer

Pent-Up Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

The interior monologues of five characters are made audible, giving way to a host of efforts on the part of the viewer to create connections or manufacture logic and pattern where, ultimately, there is none.

After Van Halen Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

The graceful, ephemeral longing highlighted in this work is brought back down to earth with the title – after Van Halen's Jump.

The Last Century Trailer (2006)

03 December 2006

In her film The Last Century (2006), what appears to be a static image of a group of people slowly reveals itself to be a real, filmed take, timed to the length of a burning cigarette: the film is entirely static apart from the involuntary blinking, twitching and barely-visible breathing of four motionless actors, all arranged around a central figure as if in a group portrait painted by Rembrandt or Caravaggio.

Noli Me Tangere Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

The title of this piece is the well-known warning of Jesus to Mary Magdalene after his resurrection. It translates to Touch me not.

Sigh Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

Sigh was made in collaboration with the BBC Concert Orchestra and features a score made especially for it by Academy-Award winning composer Anne Dudley.

A Little Death Trailer (2002)

01 December 2002

Taylor-Johnson updates traditional still life imagery. What seems at first to be a quiet arrangement of a dead hare and peach on a table starts to decompose before our eyes.

Travesty of a Mockery Trailer (1995)

03 December 1995

A 10 minute film that depicts a man and a woman having an argument. This domestic drama is enacted simultaneously on two separate projected screens—the man’s space is described by a chair standing against a blank wall, the woman’s by a fridge and a fragment of kitchen sideboard.

Atlantic Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

In Sam Taylor-Johnson's words, 'I wanted (Atlantic) to feel like you could be coming in, as you say, at any point, not necessarily at the beginning, or the end, but somewhere towards the middle where something is about to happen.

Three Minute Round Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

Three Minute Round depicts the Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir, in the moments after defeating their rivals in separate championship boxing matches in Las Vegas and Berlin in 2008.

Prelude in Air Trailer (2002)

03 December 2002

2002 Sam Taylor-Wood short video art piece featuring a man playing an imaginary string instrument.

That White Rush Trailer (2007)

26 October 2007

Sam Taylor-Wood says she can't believe the silly questions that people keep asking about her latest work, presented in the Ukrainian pavilion.

Pieta Trailer (2001)

01 December 2001

2001 Sam Taylor-Wood video art short

Ascension Trailer (2003)

01 December 2003

2003 Sam Taylor-Wood video art work featuring a tap dancer

Brontosaurus Trailer (1995)

01 December 1995

Informed by cinematic and documentary traditions, Taylor-Johnson has been working with photography, film and video in London since the early 1990s.

Breach (Girl & Eunuch) Trailer (2001)

23 November 2001

Reminiscent of Warhol, Breach depicts a girl in ever-heightening grief, but with the sound of her tears removed.

Killing Time Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

As four people lip-synch to the grand, passionate sounds of the Richard Strauss opera Elektra, the contrast between the banality of modern life and the primal desires that swirl beneath the surface is heightened.

Hysteria Trailer (1999)

01 December 1999

1999 Sam Taylor-Wood video art piece featuring a dancer in agony