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Brad Turner is a Canadian film director, television director and photographer.


Life and career

Born in Bayfield, Ontario, Canada, on June 22. He graduated with honours from the Television Arts Program at
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in
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. In all he has directed thirteen films, and over two hundred episodes of television. He has been nominated six times for
Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States ...
s for directing, and in 2004 he won one for his work in the CBC mini series ''
Human Cargo ''Human Cargo'' is a 2004 Canadian television miniseries. The series won seven Gemini Awards and two Directors Guild of Canada Awards. It premiered on CBC Television on January 4, 2004 and starred Kate Nelligan, Cara Pifko, Bayo Akinfemi and Ni ...
''. He also has won two
Directors Guild of Canada The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is a Canadian labour union representing more than 5,500 professionals from 48 different occupations in the Canadian film and television industry. Founded in 1962, the DGC represents directors, editors, assist ...
Awards for the same production. In 2005, ''Human Cargo'' was also given a
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. Turner has also won a Manitoba Film Award for Best Director in a television film and has been nominated for an American Cable Ace Award for Best Director. Brad also has a love for fine art, and owns the Turner Gallery which sells and promotes living Canadian artists. The gallery is located in his home town of Bayfield, Ontario. On the fifth season of '' 24'' he became one of the main directors on the show directing half the season with
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. He started as a producer that season and a supervising producer on season 6, season 7 as a co-executive producer. In the eight and final season he was promoted to executive producer, also directing the series finale. He won a
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in 2006, as part of the show's production team. Some of his other television directing credits include '' Airwolf'', '' 21 Jump Street'', '' La Femme Nikita'', '' Mutant X'', '' The Outer Limits'', ''
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'', '' Stargate Atlantis'', '' Stargate SG-1'', ''
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'', '' Homeland'' and among other series. Turner is also a photographer. Many of his photos can be viewed on his official website.


Selected filmography


Television series

*'' Stargate Atlantis'' (6 episodes, 2004–2006) *'' Stargate SG-1'' (8 episodes, 1997–2005) *''
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'' (1 episode, 2005) *''
Smallville ''Smallville'' is an American superhero television series developed by writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series was produced by Millar/G ...
'' (1 episode, 2005) *''
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'' (2 episodes, 2005) *'' 24'' (46 episodes, 2004–2010) *''
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'' (1 episode, 2004) *'' The Outer Limits'' (17 episodes, 1995–2002) *'' La Femme Nikita'' (9 episodes, 1998–2001) *'' Andromeda'' (6 episodes, 2001–2005) *''
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'' (2 episodes, 2002) *'' Blade: The Series'' (1 episode, 2006) *'' Bones'' (2 episodes, 2009) *'' Hawaii Five-0'' (8 episodes, 2010–2011) *''
The Secret Circle The Secret Circle is a supernatural, young-adult series of books created by L. J. Smith. The narrative follows the character of Cassie Blake as she is initiated into a "Circle" of eleven other teenage witches and the danger that ensues when the ...
'' (1 episode, 2011) *'' Homeland'' (1 episode, 2011) *'' Nikita'' (2 episodes, 2012) *''
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'' (1 episode, 2012) *''
Psych ''Psych'' is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network. The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened obser ...
'' (3 episodes, 2013–2014) *''
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'' (1 episode, 2015) *''
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'' (3 episodes, 2016–2018) *'' The Shannara Chronicles'' (2016–2017) *'' Take Two'' (1 episode, 2018) *'' V Wars'' (4 episodes, 2019) *''
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'' (episode " file #9", 2020) *''
Safehaven ''Safehaven'' is an upcoming American supernatural thriller drama television series created by James Seale, based on his graphic novel of the same name. It stars Georgie Murphy, Bob Frazer, and Melissa Marie Elias. Premise Cast * Georgie ...
'' (10 episodes, TBA)


Films/miniseries

*'' Goofballs'' (1987) *'' Pray for Me, Paul Henderson'' (1989) *'' Paris or Somewhere'' (1994) *'' This matter of marriage Il mio vicino di casa - Film Tv''(1998) *'' Roswell: The Aliens Attack'' (1999) *''
Must Be Santa ''Must Be Santa'' is a 1999 Canadian television film that tells the story of Floyd Court (Arnold Pinnock), who is selected as the successor to Santa Claus. Robert Sherrin produced the film while Brad Turner was director. At the time of its rel ...
'' (1999) *'' The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence'' (2000) *'' The Wandering Soul Murders'' (2001) *'' A Colder Kind of Death'' (2001) *'' Jinnah – On Crime: Pizza 911'' (2002) *'' The New Beachcombers'' (2002) *'' Jinnah: On Crime – White Knight'' (2003) *'' Black Widow'' (2003) *''
Human Cargo ''Human Cargo'' is a 2004 Canadian television miniseries. The series won seven Gemini Awards and two Directors Guild of Canada Awards. It premiered on CBC Television on January 4, 2004 and starred Kate Nelligan, Cara Pifko, Bayo Akinfemi and Ni ...
'' (2004) *''
Species III ''Species III'' is a 2004 science fiction action thriller television film. The film is a sequel to ''Species II'' (1998) and the third installment of the ''Species'' series. Directed by Brad Turner and stars Robin Dunne, Robert Knepper, Sunny Ma ...
'' (2004) *'' Prison Break: The Final Break'' (2009) *''
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References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Brad Canadian expatriates in the United States Film directors from Ontario Canadian photographers Canadian television directors Canadian television producers Canadian Screen Award winners Living people People from Huron County, Ontario Primetime Emmy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Science fiction film directors