Steve Taylor earned his “Renaissance Man” stripes (Prism Magazine) from a body of work that’s garnered him multiple Grammy, Billboard, Telly, Addy and Dove awards and nominations. As a recording artist, he’s sold over one million albums, garnered two Grammy nominations for Meltdown and Squint, and made history as the only artist to twice win Billboard Music Video Awards for self-directed music videos. He also fronts the rock band Chagall Guevara, whose latest album Halcyon Days released in 2022. His resumé as a record producer includes the Platinum-certified Sixpence None The Richer and three Gold-certified albums for the Newsboys, with all four albums earning Grammy nominations. His greatest success as a producer came with Sixpence None The Richer’s #1 international smash hit “Kiss Me,” as well as the band’s follow-up hit, “There She Goes.” His filmmaker resume as a writer/director includes The Second Chance for Sony, and Blue Like Jazz, based on Donald Miller’s New York Times bestselling memoir, which premiered at the South By Southwest Film Festival and won the 2013 Wilbur Award for Best Feature Film, joining past winners The Help, Schindler’s List, and Dead Man Walking. He’s the producer of the feature films Sun Moon for Sony Affirm (filmed in Taiwan); and Sketch starring two-time Emmy winner Tony Hale of Arrested Development and Veep fame, which premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. He’s also producer of the new kids animated series The Dead Sea Squirrels from VeggieTales co-creator Mike Nawrocki. Steve serves as Filmmaker-In-Residence at Lipscomb University, and lives in Nashville with his wife, the artist D.L. Taylor, and their daughter.