Taylor A. Purdee
- Producer
- Director
- Actor
Taylor A. Purdee is the first bi-racial director/star of African American descent to have a fiction film theatrically released in America in the 21st Century. That release also made Purdee the youngest director with a film in major American theatre chains in both 2020 and 2021. Both the original screenplay and music for his debut film, "Killian & the Comeback Kids," have been preserved by The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
He is the son of actor Nathan Purdee and producer/documentarian Roberta Morris Purdee. After working on their films as a teenager he received a BA in theatre from Fordham University.
As a producer he has overseen the protection and re-release of screen legend Lee Grant's documentary work, curating the "worlds first virtual repertory series" 20th Century Woman: The Documentary Films of Lee Grant. As an actor, he's appeared on hit TV shows like Gotham and Marvel's Iron Fist, and the surprise Finnish hit Nerd: DragonSlayer666. His folk-rock duo, The Cumberland Kids, provided both the original score and original songs for Killian & the Comeback Kids.
He is the son of actor Nathan Purdee and producer/documentarian Roberta Morris Purdee. After working on their films as a teenager he received a BA in theatre from Fordham University.
As a producer he has overseen the protection and re-release of screen legend Lee Grant's documentary work, curating the "worlds first virtual repertory series" 20th Century Woman: The Documentary Films of Lee Grant. As an actor, he's appeared on hit TV shows like Gotham and Marvel's Iron Fist, and the surprise Finnish hit Nerd: DragonSlayer666. His folk-rock duo, The Cumberland Kids, provided both the original score and original songs for Killian & the Comeback Kids.
