Ken Turner
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 29, 1944
- Place of birth
- Lewisham, London, England, UK
Biography
Kenneth Turner is a British television and film director who worked extensively on series created by Gerry Anderson. After serving as assistant director on the film Thunderbirds Are Go (1966), he directed various episodes of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967–68), Joe 90 (1968–69) and UFO (1970–71). He made his film directorial debut with The Love Pill (1971), a sex comedy featuring Henry Woolf.
He later collaborated with David Mitton, a future director on Thomas & Friends, to establish their own company, Clearwater Films, from which they started to make TV advertisements using stop-motion animation. After Turner left the company, Mitton teamed up with director Robert D. Cardona to change the name to Clearwater Features, the production company behind the first two seasons of Thomas and its spin-off, Tugs.
By the end of 2002, Turner was a property developer. He became a director of several property investment companies. He has since retired.
Movies with Ken Turner
- Century 21 Revisited 2025
Movies directed by Ken Turner
- The Love Pill 1972 · ★ 4.3
- Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars 1981 · ★ 1.0
- UFO: Take Them Alive 1972 · ★ 7.0
- Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons 1980
- HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition 2016
- Target: Captain Black! 2026