Meet The Team
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Timea Nagy Payne
Co-Founder
Show Creator/Executive Producer
Dan Payne
Co-Founder
Executive Producer
About the Founders
Timea Nagy Payne
Timea E Nagy-Payne is a Co-Founder, Executive Producer, and a globally known Canadian as a Human Rights Activist and Best-Selling Author. Timea was the owner of her first production company, Independent Movie Makers, at the age of 16 in Hungary, Budapest. As a producer, Timea produced, directed, and edited news segments for local Budapest television channels, as well as anchored live-to-air shows, for over three years. Notably, Timea has also written, produced, and directed music videos for a variety of Hungary’s up-and-coming and legendary musicians, most of which aired on major Hungarian networks at the time (MTV1, VIVA, and more). As a Content Creator and Presenter at her most recent company, TC Online Institute, Timea co-produced hundreds of hours of educational materials on Human Trafficking Detection for Canadian and American Law Enforcement and the financial sector. Pure Purpose Productions is a natural fit for Timea’s passion for bringing people together, raising awareness about great causes, and continuing to inspire millions around the world.
Dan Payne
Dan was born in Warrenville, Illinois to his mother, a children's theatre director, and father, a drama teacher. As a third-generation writer, performer, and storyteller, it was natural for Dan to choose the College of Dupage and Western Illinois University for Theatre and the Arts when it came time to choose his career path. As a young actor, he was awarded the John Belushi Memorial Scholarship award and received several nominations for the Irene Ryan Awards. As fate would have it, his personal life led him to Canada in 1995, where he continued to lend his creative talents and support to the cast of Medieval Times Toronto as Director and Show Manager. In 2006, he started his own production company, producing, directing, and editing hundreds of hours of digital and audio content for the private sector. In 2011 he returned to his first love and reclaimed his spot in the theatre by joining the team at Drayton Entertainment, one of Ontario's largest theatre companies.