Astra Taylor
Astra Taylor (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1979)[1] is a Canadian-American documentary filmmaker and writer, best known for her 2005 film, Zizek!, about the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, and for her 2008 film, Examined Life.
Taylor grew up in Athens, Georgia,[1] and was unschooled until age 13.[2] She attended Brown University for a year and holds an MA in Liberal Studies from the New School. She has taught sociology at the University of Georgia and SUNY New Paltz. Her writings have appeared in numerous magazines, and in 2006 Filmmaker Magazine listed her as one of "25 new faces to watch." She is the sister of painter and disability activist Sunny Taylor,[3] and is married to Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel.[4] She is vegan.[5]
Filmography
- Zizek! (2005)
- Examined Life (2008)
External links
Notes
- ^ a b http://www.hiddendriver.com/about Astra Taylor's official bio, accessed February 8, 2009
- ^ "Interview with Unschooled Filmmaker, Astra Taylor" by Michelle Drew for CitizenShift: Media for social change
- ^ http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/january_2002/sunny.html "Sunny Taylor", Free Williamsburg, accessed February 8, 2009.
- ^ http://www.gloriousnoise.com/articles/2008/jeff_mangum_married.php Article from Glorious Noise, accessed February 8, 2009.
- ^ http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6650583.html Publisher's Weekly, Nonfiction, 4/13/2009, accessed October 7, 2009.
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