Taylor Armstrong Purdee is an American director, actor, screenwriter,
and folk singer. He is best known for his appearances on American
superhero television dramas, as well as his work preserving the
documentary films of Academy Award winning Actress/Director Lee Grant.
In 2017 it was announced that he would make his narrative directorial
debut with the musical film Killian & the Comeback Kids.Purdee is the
son of actor Nathan Purdee and documentarian Roberta Morris Purdee.
Born in New York City, Purdee was raised primarily in the Lehigh
Valley region of Pennsylvania. Working with the family's production
company Karmic Release in his teens, Purdee graduated from the Lehigh
Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts before attending
New York's Fordham University.While still studying at Fordham, Purdee
began work on "This is Honduras," a documentary exploration of life in
and around San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the murder capital of the world.
Filming in Honduras between academic terms, Purdee edited the film
over the next few years. A private screening was held for the film at
the Paramount Pictures screening room in New York City before the film
premiered as the highest grossing selection of the 2016 Chagrin
Documentary Film Festival. The film is expected to be released in time
for the 2020 political season.
and folk singer. He is best known for his appearances on American
superhero television dramas, as well as his work preserving the
documentary films of Academy Award winning Actress/Director Lee Grant.
In 2017 it was announced that he would make his narrative directorial
debut with the musical film Killian & the Comeback Kids.Purdee is the
son of actor Nathan Purdee and documentarian Roberta Morris Purdee.
Born in New York City, Purdee was raised primarily in the Lehigh
Valley region of Pennsylvania. Working with the family's production
company Karmic Release in his teens, Purdee graduated from the Lehigh
Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts before attending
New York's Fordham University.While still studying at Fordham, Purdee
began work on "This is Honduras," a documentary exploration of life in
and around San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the murder capital of the world.
Filming in Honduras between academic terms, Purdee edited the film
over the next few years. A private screening was held for the film at
the Paramount Pictures screening room in New York City before the film
premiered as the highest grossing selection of the 2016 Chagrin
Documentary Film Festival. The film is expected to be released in time
for the 2020 political season.
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