History Creator / SamTaylorJohnson

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In 2002, she made a portrait of a sleeping David Beckham, which she followed up with "[[ManlyTears Crying Men]]" depicting leading actors such as Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/SeanPenn, and Creator/PaulNewman, well, crying. She directed the 2009 film ''Film/NowhereBoy'' starring Creator/AaronJohnson as a young Music/JohnLennon, and later she and Johnson married. They have two daughters together. She also has two daughters from a previous marriage with Jay Jopling.

She directed the [[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey 2015 film adaptation]] of the best-selling novel ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''.

* OldShame: She has expressed regret over directing the first ''Fifty Shades'' movie, stating that the end product wasn't what she originally envisioned and citing difficulties on-set with E.L. James, who was one of the film's producers and vetoed many of her ideas. She even stated that in hindsight she wouldn't have agreed to do the film in the first place as it was such a miserable experience.

* HostilityOnTheSet: She and Creator/ELJames (author of the Fifty Shades of Grey books and producer on the film adaptations) had a major case of CreativeDifferences and argued a lot over potential alterations to the plot and characters. Taylor-Johnson later stated that her inability to reach an agreement with James on just about every creative decision made the film difficult to work on and was a big reason she declined to return for the sequels.
* OldShame: She has expressed regret over directing the first ''Fifty Shades'' movie, stating that the end project wasn't what she originally envisioned and citing difficulties on-set with E.L. James, who was one of the film's producers and vetoed many of her ideas. She even stated that in hindsight she wouldn't have agreed to do the film in the first place as it was such a miserable experience.

Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson (née Taylor-Wood, born March 4, 1967) is an English artist, director, and photographer, and one of the "Young British Artists".

Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson (née Taylor-Wood, born 4 March 1967) is an English artist, director, and photographer, and one of the "Young British Artists".

In 2002, she made a portrait of a sleeping DavidBeckham, which she followed up with "[[ManlyTears Crying Men]]" depicting leading actors such as Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/SeanPenn, and Creator/PaulNewman, well, crying. She directed the 2009 film ''Film/NowhereBoy'' starring Creator/AaronJohnson as a young Music/JohnLennon, and later she and Johnson married. They have two daughters together. She also has two daughters from a previous marriage with Jay Jopling.

Note: She sang the female lines on the Music/PetShopBoys cover of "Je t'aime...moi non plus."

Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson (née Taylor-Wood, born 4 March 1967) is an English artist, director, and photographer, and one of the "Young British Artists." In 2002, she made a portrait of a sleeping DavidBeckham, which she followed up with "[[ManlyTears Crying Men]]" depicting leading actors such as Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/SeanPenn, and Creator/PaulNewman, well, crying. She directed the 2009 film ''Film/NowhereBoy'' starring Creator/AaronJohnson as a young Music/JohnLennon, and later she and Johnson became engaged. They have two daughters together. She also has two daughters from a previous marriage with Jay Jopling. She directed the [[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey 2015 film adaptation]] of the best-selling novel ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''.

Sam Taylor-Wood (born 1967) is an English artist, director, and photographer, and one of the "Young British Artists." In 2002, she made a portrait of a sleeping DavidBeckham, which she followed up with "[[ManlyTears Crying Men]]" depicting leading actors such as Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/SeanPenn, and Creator/PaulNewman, well, crying. She directed the 2009 film ''Film/NowhereBoy'' starring Creator/AaronJohnson as a young Music/JohnLennon, and later she and Johnson became engaged. They have two daughters together. She also has two daughters from a previous marriage with Jay Jopling. She directed the [[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey 2015 film adaptation]] of the best-selling novel ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''.

Sam Taylor-Wood (born 1967) is an English artist, director, and photographer, and one of the "Young British Artists." In 2002, she made a portrait of a sleeping DavidBeckham, which she followed up with "[[ManlyTears Crying Men]]" depicting leading actors such as Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/SeanPenn, and Creator/PaulNewman, well, crying. She directed the 2009 film ''Film/NowhereBoy'' starring Creator/AaronJohnson as a young Music/JohnLennon, and later she and Johnson became engaged. They have a daughter together, and another child on the way. She directed the [[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey 2015 film adaptation]] of the best-selling novel ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''.