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The Taylor Swift Years - Schicksalsjahre eines Superstars
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Taylor Swift Years - Schicksalsjahre eines Superstars actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Taylor Swift Years - Schicksalsjahre eines Superstars reads strongest on Serialized, Cliffhanger Intensity and Tension.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Taylor Swift is one of the defining pop icons of our time: a record-breaking musician, global superstar, and cultural touchstone for Millennials and Gen Z alike. Since her debut in 2006, her music has become the soundtrack of a generation. This series traces her extraordinary journey - from her early beginnings through personal and professional setbacks to remarkable comebacks, culminating in her status as the most successful recording artist of the modern era. Along the way, it also explores the social and cultural changes that have shaped the United States.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Birgit RaschProducer
- Gunnar DedioProducer
- Regina BouchehriProducer
Writing
- Anna BilgerWriter
- Inga TurczynWriter
Direction
- Anna BilgerDirector
- Inga TurczynDirector
Cinematography
- Sam SchmitzDirector of Photography
- Christopher SharmanDirector of Photography
- Chris MarilesDirector of Photography
- Oliver GurrDirector of Photography
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