Jann Turner (born 1964) is a South African film director, novelist, television director and screenwriter. Her feature film directorial debut was the 2009 film ''

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Life and career

Turner was born to anti-

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academic Rick Turner and later politician Barbara Hubbard. Her father was killed in front of her when she was thirteen years old; her parents were divorced at that time. Turner along with her younger sister, Kim, spent most of their childhood living in

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, with their mother. Three months after her father's murder, the family fled to Britain due to threats of being banned. Turner completed her education in Britain and the United States, graduating from

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and

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. Prior to film directing, Turner worked as an editor for television specials at

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, and directed and produced episodic television shows in South Africa. Turner then moved to Los Angeles, where she now lives with her two children, and directed episodes of '' The Big C'', '' Emily Owens, M.D.'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Turner is also a novelist and has authored the novels ''Heartland'', ''Southern Cross'' and ''Home Is Where You Find It''. She has also written for the teen drama ''Teen Wolf''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Jann 1964 births Living people Writers from Cape Town Writers from Los Angeles Alumni of the University of Oxford Women television directors South African emigrants to the United States South African film directors South African screenwriters South African women novelists Tisch School of the Arts alumni White South African people American women screenwriters Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Screenwriters from California