Tyrell W. Taylor
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SECOND SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | DGA | FEATURE, TV, & STREAMING
GOOD BURGER 2 (2023 / feature): May – June 2023 | Paramount+/Nickelodeon | Smithfield, RI
Dir: Philip Traill / UPM: Luke Ramsey / 1st AD: Ross Novie / Key 2nd AD: Kenneth Donaldson
SO FLY CHRISTMAS (2023 / feature): April – May 2023 | BET+ | Atlantic City, NJ
Dir: Terri Vaughn / EP/UPM: Summer Crockett Moore / UPM/1st AD: Oung-Jo Yuh / Key 2nd AD: Cameron Boone
JULIA (2023/ Ep201- 8): August – December 2022 | HBO Max | Norwood, MA
Dirs: Melanie Mayron & Scott Ellis / UPM: John Fedynich / 1st ADs: Sebastian Mazzola & Shelly Keiser
Key 2nd ADs: Christopher Riddle & Sandi Greenberg
PAUSE WITH SAM JAY (2022 / Ep 202-4) Boston Unit: April 2022 | HBO | Brooklyn, NY
FLTTA - Additional Stage Manager (Second Second AD equivalent)
Dir: Jamaal Parham & Bashan Aquart / Associate Dir: Jermaine Sumra / Stage Mgr: Steven Bruno
POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN (2022 / Ep 207-8): March 2022 | Starz| Bronx, NY
EPs: Courtney A. Kemp, Curtis Jackson, & Sascha Penn / Dir: Joy T Lane / UPM: Nils Widboom /
1st AD: Glen Stewart / Key 2nd AD: Anthony Pennachio / 2nd 2nd AD: Bryant Donohue
HOCUS POCUS 2 (2022 / FEATURE) 2ND UNIT: January 2022 | Disney +| Providence, RI
Dir: Mark Vargo / UPM: Susan McGuire / 1st AD: Emma Barber / Key 2nd AD: Alyssa Boffoli
I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (2022 / feature): Aug. – Dec. 2021 | Sony Tristar | Quincy, MA
Dir: Kasi Lemmons / UPM: Erika Hampson / 1st AD: Van Hayden / Key 2nd AD: Alyssa Boffoli
POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN (2021/ Ep104-10): Jan. 2021 - May 2021 | Starz | Bronx, NY
EPs: Courtney A. Kemp, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson & Sascha Penn / Dir: Lisa Leone, Rob Hardy, & Hernan Otano
UPM: Nils Widboom / 1st ADs: Bobby Kennedy & Joe Turner / Key 2nd ADs: Abi O’Reilly & Glen Stewart
2nd 2nd AD: Anthony Pennachio
THE UNHOLY (2021 / feature): October 2020 |Theatrical | Sony Screen Gems| Natick, MA
EP: Sam Raimi / Dir: Evan Spiliotopolous / UPM: Andrea Ajemian / 1st AD: Sean Yopchick
Key 2nd AD: Kenneth Donaldson
HUBIE HALLOWEEN (2020 / feature) Additional Photography Unit: Nov. 2019 | Netflix | Salem, MA
Dir: Perry Blake / UPM: Leo Bauer / 1st AD: Leo Bauer / Key 2nd AD: Kenneth Donaldson
CASTLE ROCK (2019 / Ep 208-210) Tandem Unit: Sept. 2019 | Hulu | Bad Robot/WB | Devens, MA
EPs: J.J. Abrams, Ben Stephenson, & Dustin Thomason / Dir: Craig William Macneill, Loni Peristere, & Lisa
Bruhlmann / UPM: Justin Moritt / 1st ADs: Carl Ludwig & Richard Denault
Key 2nd ADs: Kenneth Donaldson & Katie Valovcin
ADDITIONAL SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | DGA | FEATURE, TV, & STREAMING
MADAME WEB (2023 / feature): July 2022 | Sony | Charlestown, MA
Dir: SJ Clarkson / UPM: Adam Merims / 1st AD: Andrew Stahl / Key 2nd AD: Katie Valovcin
2nd 2nd AD: Kailyn Dabkowski
FINESTKIND (2022 / feature): June 2022 | Stoughton, MA
Dir: Brian Helgeland / EP/UPM: Jennifer Roth / UPM: Joe Micucci 1st AD: Andrew Ward / Key 2nd AD: Alyssa Boffoli
2nd 2nd AD: Tim LaDue
GOSSIP GIRL (2022 / Ep 201-202): March – April 2022 | HBO | LIC, NY
EP/Dir: Joshua Safran / UPM: Hilary Smith / 1st AD: Scott Lazar / Key 2nd AD: Jamiyl Campbell
2nd 2nd AD: Aaron Aldridge
DEXTER: NEW BLOOD (2021/ Ep 1, Ep 3-10): June – July 2021 |Showtime |Devens, MA
Dir: Marcos Siega & Sanford Bookstaver / UPM: Adam Brightman / 1st ADs: Peter Soldo & Travis Rehwaldt
Key 2nd ADs: Cameron Morton & Luke Crawford / 2nd 2nd AD: Rachel Sikora
JULIA (2022 / Ep 102): June 2021 | HBO Max | Charlestown, MA
Dir: Charles McDougall / UPM: John Fedynich / 1st AD: Sebastian Mazzola / Key 2nd AD: Matt Janssen
2nd 2nd AD: Sean Yopchick
POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN (2021/ Ep103-4): Nov. 2020 – Dec. 2020 | Staff| Starz | Bronx, NY
EPs: Courtney A. Kemp, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson & Sascha Penn / Dir: Lisa Leone, Rob Hardy, & Hernan Otano
UPM: Nils Widboom / 1st ADs: Bobby Kennedy & Joe Turner / Key 2nd ADs: Abi O’Reilly & Glen Stewart
2nd 2nd AD: Anthony Pennachio
CASTLE ROCK (2019 / Ep 209) Splinter Unit: August 2019 | Hulu | Bad Robot/WB | Devens, MA
EPs: J.J. Abrams, Ben Stephenson, & Dustin Thomason / Dir: Loni Peristere / UPM: Justin Moritt
1st AD: Richard Denault / Key 2nd AD: Kenneth Donaldson
DGA SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | COMMERCIAL/ADVERTISEMENT
Eastern Bank “Join us for” #IC22510: July 2022 | CTP | Invisible Collective / CMS | Boston, MA
Dir: Justin Polk / 1st AD: Howell Caldwell
Titleist #2225: June 2022 | Connelly Partners | GLP Creative | Quincy, MA
Dir: JJ Miller & Gary Land / 1st ADs: Gabe Blom & Jeff Tavani / 2nd AD: Nicole Evranian
Xeljanz Social 1985M-21: June 2021 | Social Media Unit | Y&R | Pfizer| Native Content | Allston, MA
Dir: Ze’ev Waismann / UPM: Brady Vant Hull / 1st AD: Kevin McNamara
NON-UNION KEY SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Welcome The Stranger (2018 / feature): July 2016 | Pickup Unit | Yale Productions | Palenville, NY
Dir: Justin Kelly / UPM: Melissa Kirkendall / AUPM: Gilana Lobel / 1st AD: Michael Ficara / 2nd 2nd AD: Alexis Vail