Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Lucien Castaing-Taylor is the sort of restless polymath I can't help admiring. Anthropologist, director, editor, cinematographer, screenwriter, and a 2012 Guggenheim Fellow, he refuses to stay in any single lane. Educated at UC Berkeley, he seems to turn the raw textures of human labor and life directly into film, video, and photography. I'm drawn to creators who trample the border between scholarship and art, offering audiences lived experience rather than tidy explanation. That kind of work demands patience and conviction, and I suspect his films reward viewers willing to slow down. He strikes me as a genuinely original mind worth seeking out.

Lucien Giles Castaing-Taylor (born 10 January 1966, Liverpool, United Kingdom) is a British anthropologist and artist who works in film, video, and photography.

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Name (English)

Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Name (Japanese)

ルーシァン・キャスティーヌ＝テイラー

Reading

るーしぁん・きゃすてぃーぬ＝ていらー

Born

January 10, 1966 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Horse

Origin

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

anthropologist / film director / film editor / cinematographer / screenwriter

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

University of California, Berkeley

Awards & achievements

• 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC

Tags

• anthropologist
• film director
• film editor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.