Daniel Edward Morgan Turner, professionally known as Dan Turner, is a UK-based

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. Born in

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, Turner excelled at

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and participated in local theatre. It was not until 2004, after many

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, that Dan first made the feature film ''Experiment'' in 2005. He has since directed the 2008 film ''Look at Me'', and the 2009 release ''Big Mistake''. In 2010 Turner made the horror feature film '' Stormhouse'', which was selected for the

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and Frightfest in London, and in 2011 Dan directed a feature film of his semi-biographical screenplay '' The Man Inside''The Man Inside – review - Dan Turner has managed to get inside the head of the typical geezer thriller to create something more intelligent (Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, Thursday 26 July 2012
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Peter Mullan Peter Mullan (; born 1959) is a Scottish actor and filmmaker. His credits include '' Riff-Raff'' (1991), '' Shallow Grave'' (1994), ''Braveheart'' (1995), '' Trainspotting'' (1996), '' My Name Is Joe'' (1998), '' The Claim'' (2000), '' Neds'' ( ...

David Harewood David Michael Harewood (born 8 December 1965) is a British actor, presenter and the current president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is best known for his roles as CIA Counterterrorism Director David Estes in ''Homeland'' (2011–2012 ...

, Ashley "Bashy" Thomas,

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and

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. Turner currently works from Elstree

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s, on a variety of film and theatre projects.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Dan English film directors 1968 births Living people People from Colchester