Paul Turner

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1945-12-30

Deathday 2019-11-01 (73 years old)

Place of Birth Cornwall, England, UK

Paul Turner

Biography

Paul Turner was a British film director. He learned Welsh while working at the BBC as a film editor in the 1980s. In 1993, his anti-war Welsh-language film Hedd Wyn became the first British film to be nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards.

Known For

Director

1993
My Pretty Valley

as Director

1992
Hedd Wyn

as Director

1989
Becca

as Director