Editing Sam Taylor-Johnson (section)

==Early life==
Samantha Taylor-Wood was born in [[Croydon]], London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/025579.pdf |title=Film4/MirageCV |access-date=11 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812175718/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/025579.pdf |archive-date=12 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her father, David, left the family when she was nine.<ref name="theaustralian1">{{cite news|author=Peter Wilson|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/sam-taylor-wood-somewhere-woman/story-e6frg8n6-1225812820663 |title=Sam Taylor-Wood: somewhere woman |work=The Australian |access-date=26 December 2009 |date=26 December 2009}}</ref> Her mother, Geraldine, is a [[yoga]] teacher and [[astrologist]]. She has a younger sister, Ashley, and a maternal half-brother, Kristian.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

Taylor-Wood grew up near [[Streatham]] Common in south London until her parents' divorce.<ref name="guardian2001">{{cite news|author=Miranda Sawyer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/nov/11/turnerprize20011 |title=Miranda Sawyer meets Sam Taylor-Wood  |work=The Observer |date=11 November 2001|access-date=20 December 2011 |location=London}}</ref> The family then moved into an old schoolhouse in [[Jarvis Brook]] in East Sussex, and Samantha went to [[Beacon Community College]]. She later attended [[Goldsmiths, University of London]].{{cn|date=December 2024}}