Turner, Brad

PERSONAL

Born in Bayfield, Ontario, Canada.

Addresses:

Agent—Lee Dinstman, Agency for the Performing Arts, 405 South Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Director, producer, and actor. Also worked as assistant director and stage manager. Turner Gallery (art gallery), Bayfield, Ontario, Canada, owner.

Member:

Directors Guild of America, Directors Guild of Canada.

Awards, Honors:

Gemini Award nomination, best direction for a dramatic or comedy series, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1987, for "Otters Return," Danger Bay; Gemini Award nomination, best direction for a dramatic or comedy series, 1988, for "Hooray for Mollywood," The Beachcombers; Gemini Award nomination, best direction for a dramatic program or miniseries, 1988, for "Gotcha!," The Ray Bradbury Theatre; Gemini Award nomination, best direction for a dramatic program or miniseries, 1990, for "Pray for Me, Paul Henderson," C.B.C.'s Magic Hour; Gemini Award nomination, best direction for a dramatic or comedy series, 1992, for "Gumshoe," Mom P.I.; Gemini Award nomination, best direction for a dramatic program or miniseries, and Manitoba Film Award, best directing in a dramatic television movie, both 1996, for Paris or Somewhere; Gemini Award nomination, best direction for a dramatic program or miniseries, 1998, for Major Crime; Gemini Award nomination, best direction for a dramatic program or miniseries, 2000, for Must Be Santa; Leo Award nomination, best director of a movie, Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British Columbia, 2003, for The New Beachcombers; Annual CableACE Award nomination, best directing in a dramatic series, National Cable Television Association, 1993, for "More Stately Mansions," Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House; Gemini Award, best direction for a dramatic program or miniseries, Craft Award, outstanding achievement in directing for a television movie or miniseries, and Team Award (with others), outstanding achievement in a television movie or miniseries, both Directors Guild of Canada, and Leo Award nomination, best director for a television series, all 2004, for Human Cargo; Leo Award nomination, best direction for a dramatic series, 2005, for "The Children's Book Writer," The Collector; Emmy Award, outstanding drama series (with others), 2006, for 24.

CREDITS

Television Director; Series:

Danger Bay, Disney Channel, multiple episodes, between 1987 and 1989.

Street Legal, CBC, multiple episodes, between 1988 and 1991.

Mom P.I., CBC, multiple episodes, 1990.

Side Effects, CBC, multiple episodes, between 1994 and 1996.

The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime and syndicated, multiple episodes, between 1995 and 2002.

Stargate SG-1 (also known as La porte des etoiles), multiple episodes, Showtime, between 1997 and 2000, then Sci-Fi Channel, 2005.

La Femme Nikita (also known as Nikita), USA Network, between 1998 and 2001.

Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"), multiple episodes, syndicated, between 2001 and 2003, then Sci-Fi Channel, 2005.

Stargate: Atlantis (also known as La porte d'Atlantis), Sci-Fi Channel, between 2004 and 2006.

24, Fox, 2004—.

Also directed multiple episodes of the series Cobra and Hawkeye.

Television Producer; Series:

Producer, 24, Fox, 2006.

Supervising producer, 24, Fox, 2007.

Co-executive producer, 24, Fox, 2008.

Worked as associate producer of the series SCTV, NBC and Cinemax.

Television Director; Movies:

Paris or Somewhere, Global, 1994.

Peacekeepers, CBC, 1997.

This Matter of Marriage (also known as Harlequin's "This Matter of Marriage" and Le mariage a tout prix), The Movie Channel, 1998.

The Inspectors, Showtime, 1998.

Roswell: The Aliens Attack, UPN, 1999.

Must Be Santa, Starz, 1999.

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence, Showtime, 2000.

The Wandering Soul Murders (also known as Criminal Instinct: The Wandering Soul Murders and Sur les traces de Littleflower), Lifetime, 2001.

A Colder Kind of Death (also known as Criminal Instinct: A Colder Kind of Death and Manipulation), Lifetime, 2001.

Jinnah—On Crime: Pizza 911, CBC, 2002.

The New Beachcombers, CBC, 2002.

Jinnah—On Crime: White Knight, Black Widow, CBC, 2003.

Species III, Sci-Fi Channel, 2004.

Television Director; Miniseries:

Major Crime, Lifetime, 1997.

Human Cargo, CBC, 2004.

Television Director; Pilots:

Mom P.I., CBC, 1990.

Hawkeye, syndicated, 1994.

"Fool's Gold," a segment of Dead Man's Gun, Showtime, 1997.

Hope Island, PAX, 1999.

Also directed the pilot for Cobra.

Television Director; Episodic:

21 Jump Street, Fox, 1987.

Airwolf (also known as Airwolf II), USA Network, 1987.

"Acts of Terror," The Twilight Zone (also known as The New Twilight Zone), CBS, 1988.

"Gotcha!," The Ray Bradbury Theatre (also known as The Bradbury Trilogy, Mystery Theatre, Le monde fantastique de Ray Bradbury, and Ray Bradbury presente), USA Network, 1988.

"The Veldt," The Ray Bradbury Theatre (also known as The Bradbury Trilogy, Mystery Theatre, Le monde fantastique de Ray Bradbury, and Ray Bradbury presente), USA Network, 1989.

"Exorcism," The Ray Bradbury Theatre (also known as The Bradbury Trilogy, Mystery Theatre, Le monde fantastique de Ray Bradbury, and Ray Bradbury presente), USA Network, 1989.

Bordertown (also known as Les deux font la loi), The Family Channel, 1989.

"Pray for Me, Paul Henderson," C.B.C.'s Magic Hour, CBC, 1989.

"The Prom," C.B.C.'s Magic Hour, CBC, 1990.

"Hardcase," Neon Rider, syndicated, 1990.

Street Justice, syndicated, 1991.

"More Stately Mansions," Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House, Showtime, 1991.

"The Foster Portfolio," Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House, Showtime, 1991.

Scene of the Crime (also known as L'heure du crime), CBS, 1991.

"Cherry Blossoms," Forever Knight, CBS, 1991.

"Dying to Know You," Forever Knight, CBS, 1992.

"No Fair," The Odyssey, CBC, 1992.

"Out of the Woods," The Odyssey, CBC, 1992.

"The Liquidator," The Hat Squad, CBS, 1993.

Cobra, syndicated, 1993.

"Southern Comfort," North of 60, CBC, 1993.

"Lost Weekend," North of 60, CBC, 1993.

"The Ties that Bind," North of 60, CBC, 1994.

"At Home and Away," North of 60, CBC, 1995.

Strange Luck, Fox, 1995.

Marker, UPN, 1995.

"Providence," Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years, syndicated, 1995.

"Cattle War," Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years, syndicated, 1996.

"Medicine," Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years, syndicated, 1996.

"Angel," Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years, syndicated, 1996.

Two, syndicated, 1996.

"The Substitute," Poltergeist: The Legacy, Showtime, 1996.

F/X: The Series, syndicated, 1996.

"Medicine Man," Dead Man's Gun, Showtime, 1997.

"I'm an Anomaly and an Anachronism, but I'm Not Alone," Da Vinci's Inquest, CBC, 2001.

"A Man of God," Mysterious Ways, NBC, 2002.

"Deadly Desire," Mutant X, syndicated, 2002.

"A Breed Apart," Mutant X, syndicated, 2002.

"Moon in Gemini," Jeremiah, Showtime, 2002.

"Out of the Ashes," Jeremiah, Showtime, 2002.

"The Pool Guy," The Twilight Zone, UPN, 2002.

"Azoth the Avenger Is a Friend of Mine," The Twilight Zone, UPN, 2002.

"Harsh Mistress," The Twilight Zone, UPN, 2002.

"Last Lap," The Twilight Zone, UPN, 2002.

The Playmakers, ESPN, 2003.

"The Children's Book Writer," The Collector, City TV, 2004.

"Forget Me Not," Dead Like Me, Showtime, 2004.

"Flesh and Bone," Battlestar Galactica, Sci-Fi Channel, 2004.

"Sacred," Smallville (also known as Smallville: Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2005.

"The Lie Is Cast," Las Vegas, NBC, 2005.

"One Nation, under Surveillance," Las Vegas, NBC, 2005.

"Mirage," Alias, ABC, 2005.

"Cell Test," Prison Break (also known as Prison Break: Manhunt and Prison Break: On the Run), Fox, 2005.

"Hunters," Blade: The Series, Spike, 2006.

"Circling," Standoff, Fox, 2006.

K-Ville, Fox, 2007.

jPod, CBC, 2008.

Director of "Hooray for Mollywood," an episode of The Beachcombers; also directed episodes of The Commish, ABC, and First Wave, Sci-Fi Channel.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Brad, This Matter of Marriage (also known as Harlequin's "This Matter of Marriage" and Le mariage a tout prix), The Movie Channel, 1998.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Prison Break," Making a Scene, Fox Movie Channel, 2005.

Film Director:

Goofballs, 1987.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

TV Zone, November, 2001, pp. 52-56.