Directing
Ken Turner
Born
1944-05-29 (82)
Place of birth
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Known for
Directing
Credits
8 titles
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 cha…
Known for
NRMined from the archives of Century 21 Films, this bumper collection of extended interviews and documentary shorts provides further insight into the worlds of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, the secrets of their classic productions revealed.
Century 21 Revisited
2025
7.0SHADO receive a report that a former Olympic champion has disappeared from a farm in the English countryside, thinking it might be an alien abduction, Colonel Paul Foster is dispatched to track down the UFO and eliminate it.
UFO: Take Them Alive
1972
NREpisodes from Gerry Anderson's Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and The Secret Service in High Definition.
HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition
2016
NRBrand New Super Space Theatre Movie
Target: Captain Black!
2026
1.0A compilation of four episodes from the Supermarionation series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Captain Scarlet and the members of Spectrum battle the Mysterons from Mars who are trying to establish a base on the moon.
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
1981
NRAstronauts on a mission to Mars attack the city of the Mysterons, a race of aliens with the ability to create duplicates of beings and objects. In revenge, the Mysterons declare war on humanity.
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
1980
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.0SHADO receive a report that a former Olympic champion has disappeared from a farm in the English countryside, thinking it might be an alien abduction, Colonel Paul Foster is dispatched to track down the UFO and eliminate it.
UFO: Take Them Alive
1972
NREpisodes from Gerry Anderson's Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and The Secret Service in High Definition.
HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition
2016
NRBrand New Super Space Theatre Movie
Target: Captain Black!
2026
1.0A compilation of four episodes from the Supermarionation series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Captain Scarlet and the members of Spectrum battle the Mysterons from Mars who are trying to establish a base on the moon.
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
1981
NRAstronauts on a mission to Mars attack the city of the Mysterons, a race of aliens with the ability to create duplicates of beings and objects. In revenge, the Mysterons declare war on humanity.
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
1980
4.3A man discovers a candy can also be used as an aphrodisiac--and a contraceptive.
The Love Pill
1972
4.3A man discovers a candy can also be used as an aphrodisiac--and a contraceptive.
The Love Pill
1972