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

Life and career

Born in

Bayfield, Ontario Bayfield is a community in the municipality of Bluewater, Huron County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a 2016 population of 1,112. Bluewater Municipality includes Bayfield, Bruce field, Dashwood, Hensall, Varna, and Zurich This municipal ...

, Canada, on June 22. He graduated with honours from the Television Arts Program at H. B. Beal Secondary School in

London, Ontario London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximate ...

. 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''. 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, assistant ...

Awards for the same production. In 2005, ''Human Cargo'' was also given a

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...

. 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

. 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

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season 7 A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and po ...

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

Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...

in 2006, as part of the show's production team. Some of his other television directing credits include ''

Airwolf ''Airwolf'' is an American action military drama television series that centers on a high-technology military helicopter, code-named ''Airwolf'', and its crew. The show follows them as they undertake various exotic missions, many involving esp ...

'', ''

21 Jump Street ''21 Jump Street'' is an American police procedural television series that aired on the Fox network and in first run syndication from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-loo ...

'', '' La Femme Nikita'', '' Mutant X'', '' The Outer Limits'', ''

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'', ''

Stargate Atlantis ''Stargate Atlantis'' (usually stylized in all caps and often abbreviated ''SGA'') is an adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's ''Stargate'' franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper ...

'', ''

Stargate SG-1 ''Stargate SG-1'' (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated ''SG-1'') is a military science fiction Adventure fiction, adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate, ''Stargate'' franchise. The show, created by Brad Wrigh ...

'', ''

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 Gough ...

'', ''

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'' and among other series. Turner is also a photographer. Many of his photos can be viewed on his official website.

Selected filmography

Television series

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'' (6 episodes, 2004–2006) *''

'' (8 episodes, 1997–2005) *''

'' (1 episode, 2005) *''

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

'' (2 episodes, 2005) *'' 24'' (46 episodes, 2004–2010) *''

Battlestar Galactica ''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise began with the Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel se ...

'' (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 A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various other organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, an ...

'' (2 episodes, 2009) *''

Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-O or Hawaii Five-0 may refer to: * Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), ''Hawaii Five-0'' (2010 TV series), an American action police procedural television series * Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series), ''Hawaii Five-O'' (1968 TV series), an Ame ...

'' (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 they ...

'' (1 episode, 2011) *''

Nikita Nikita may refer to: * Nikita (given name) * Nikita, Crimea, a town in Crimea * Nikita the Tanner, a character in East Slavic folklore Film and television *''Little Nikita'', a 1988 film * ''La Femme Nikita'' (film), also known as ''Nikita'', a 19 ...

'' (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 observ ...

'' (3 episodes, 2013–2014) *'' Daredevil'' (1 episode, 2015) *''

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ''Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' is an American television series created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen for ABC, based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, an ...

'' (3 episodes, 2016–2018) *''

The Shannara Chronicles ''The Shannara Chronicles'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. It is an adaptation of ''The Sword of Shannara'' trilogy of fantasy novels by Terry Brooks. It follows three heroes as they pro ...

'' (2016–2017) *'' Take Two'' (1 episode, 2018) *''

V Wars ''V Wars'' is a 2019 American science fiction horror streaming television series based on the anthology series of the same name and comic book by Jonathan Maberry. The series stars Ian Somerhalder, Adrian Holmes, Jacky Lai, Kyle Breitkopf, ...

'' (4 episodes, 2019) *''

neXt Next may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Next'' (1990 film), an animated short about William Shakespeare * ''Next'' (2007 film), a sci-fi film starring Nicolas Cage * '' Next: A Primer on Urban Painting'', a 2005 documentary film Lit ...

'' (episode " file #9", 2020) *'' Safehaven'' (10 episodes, TBA)

Films/miniseries

*'' Goofballs'' (1987) *''

Pray for Me, Paul Henderson ''Pray for Me, Paul Henderson'' is a Canadian television comedy-drama film, directed by Brad Turner and broadcast by CBC Television in 1989. Set in 1972 against the backdrop of the Canada-USSR Summit Series, the film centres on four high school st ...

'' (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'' (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 ''The New Beachcombers'' was a renewal of the ''CBC'' long-running series ''The Beachcombers'', which ran for 19 seasons from 1972 to 1990. A movie of the week directed by Brad Turner was broadcast in November 2002, to commemorate both the ''CB ...

'' (2002) *'' Jinnah: On Crime – White Knight'' (2003) *'' Black Widow'' (2003) *'' Human Cargo'' (2004) *''

Species III ''Species III'' is a 2004 Science fiction film, science fiction Thriller (genre), action thriller television film. The film is a sequel to ''Species II'' (1998) and the third installment of the Species (film series), ''Species'' series. Directed b ...

'' (2004) *'' Prison Break: The Final Break'' (2009) *''

Trigger Point Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs), also known as trigger points, are described as hyperirritable spots in the skeletal muscle. They are associated with palpable nodules in taut bands of muscle fibers. They are a topic of ongoing controversy, ...

'' (2021)

References

External links

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