Taylor Humphries is an American producer

Television producer

The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...

, writer

Writer

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, actor

Actor

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 and director

Television director

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Early years and education

Humphries was born in Washington D.C. and raised in Los Angeles and D.C. Humphries graduated from Beverly Hills High School

Beverly Hills High School

Beverly Hills High School is the only major public high school in Beverly Hills, California. Beverly is part of the Beverly Hills Unified School District and located on on the west side of Beverly Hills, at the...

 and received his BFA in Theatre/Film Production from Hampton University

Hampton University

Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.-History:...

 in Virginia. Out of high school he received a full acting scholarship to the Tisch School of the Arts

Tisch School of the Arts

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 at NYU. Humphries ended up a starting wide receiver for Hampton University

Hampton University

Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.-History:...

. Humphries concurrently starred in an Off-Broadway Play in the title role of The Emperor Jones

The Emperor Jones

The Emperor Jones is a 1920 play by American dramatist Eugene O'Neill which tells the tale of Brutus Jones, an African-American man who kills a man, goes to prison, escapes to a Caribbean island, and sets himself up as emperor...

. His first appearance on TV was as a Petty Officer on the CBS drama JAG

JAG (TV series)

JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...

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Career

Humphries produced the underground feature-film CAKE and indie Love, Hollywood Style and has written and produced TV shows such as JAG

JAG

JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...

, SportScience on ESPN

ESPN

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, The Locator on WE tv

WE TV

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, Chain Reaction on Game Show Network

Game Show Network

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, Kosher Unleashed, Women on Top! and Beverly Hills Nurses. He is also a Creative Director, having worked on advertising campaigns for NBC Universal, Ford, Uncle Bens, FRS, Sprint, Rosemount Wines and Arco-AM/PM. He has appeared as an actor in several commercials, two films, four TV shows and a stylized short named Manivore. Humphries is a musician: songs he has written and produced have aired on Keeping Up with the Kardashians

Keeping Up with the Kardashians

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, America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model

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, Dr. 90210

Dr. 90210

Dr. 90210 is an American reality television series focusing on plastic surgery in the wealthy suburb of Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, Southern California. The series began its run in 2004. Dr...

. In 2000, Humphries won $210,000 on a Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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 TV show called Greed

Greed (game show)

Greed is an American television game show that aired on Fox from November 4, 1999 until July 14, 2000. The game consisted of a team of contestants who answered a series of multiple-choice questions for a potential prize of up to $2 million...

. In 2011, he created 60 shows for NBC Digital Studios.

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