Directing

Paul Turner

Born — Died

1945-12-30 — 2019-11-01

Place of birth

Cornwall, England, UK

Known for

Directing

Credits

5 titles

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

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4.5

The Hughes family have just started to get their lives back together in the wake of the devastating rape and murder of their youngest daughter, Catrin (Manon Prysor). But the nightmares are reawakened when the killer is released from prison only three years into his sentence. Incensed by this travesty of justice, Catrin’s brother, Alun (Dafydd Emyr), vows to reap his own retribution – much to the horror of his elder sister, Rhiannon (Nia Medi). In a desperate bid to put a stop to Alun’s plan she finds herself alone in a remote ruined mansion in the dead of night, face to face with her sister’s killer.

Wild Justice

1994

Becca poster
7.0

Wales in the 19th Century. Becca is married to Dai, who is transported to the penal colony of Diemen's Land (Tasmania) for rebellion. His brother Gwylim, who is a minister, travels after him by signing on as a ship's chaplain on a ship. He and Becca pretend to be husband and wife so she can come along. The pastor and his sister-in-law start a relationship.

Becca

1988

Hedd Wyn poster
5.8

'Hedd Wyn' is a 1992 Welsh anti-war biopic. Ellis Humphrey Evans, a farmer's son and poet living at Trawsfynydd in the Meirionydd countryside of upland Wales, competes for the most coveted prize of all in Welsh Poetry - that of the chair of the National Eisteddfod, which in August 1917 was due to be held in Birkenhead (one of the rare occasions when it was held in England). After submitting his entry, under his bardic name "Hedd Wyn" ("Blessed Peace") Evans later departs from Meirionydd by train to join the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Liverpool, despite his initial misgivings about the war. Ellis is sent to fight in the trenches of Flanders. 'Hedd Wyn' was the first Welsh-language film to be nominated for an Oscar.

Hedd Wyn

1992

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NR

An autobiographical-style comedy set in 1960s Wales, following a mischievous minister's son who inadvertently gets chosen as the best village singer, leading to a series of hilarious misadventures.

Pork Pie

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NR

Cwm Hyfryd is a Welsh-language film released in 1993. Throughout its plot, the film develops the drama of Nahuel, a young man who ends up falling in love with Sian, the wife of Kevin, a man who had just come out of severe depression.

My Pretty Valley

1993

Behind the camera

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4.5

The Hughes family have just started to get their lives back together in the wake of the devastating rape and murder of their youngest daughter, Catrin (Manon Prysor). But the nightmares are reawakened when the killer is released from prison only three years into his sentence. Incensed by this travesty of justice, Catrin’s brother, Alun (Dafydd Emyr), vows to reap his own retribution – much to the horror of his elder sister, Rhiannon (Nia Medi). In a desperate bid to put a stop to Alun’s plan she finds herself alone in a remote ruined mansion in the dead of night, face to face with her sister’s killer.

Wild Justice

1994

Becca poster
7.0

Wales in the 19th Century. Becca is married to Dai, who is transported to the penal colony of Diemen's Land (Tasmania) for rebellion. His brother Gwylim, who is a minister, travels after him by signing on as a ship's chaplain on a ship. He and Becca pretend to be husband and wife so she can come along. The pastor and his sister-in-law start a relationship.

Becca

1988

Hedd Wyn poster
5.8

'Hedd Wyn' is a 1992 Welsh anti-war biopic. Ellis Humphrey Evans, a farmer's son and poet living at Trawsfynydd in the Meirionydd countryside of upland Wales, competes for the most coveted prize of all in Welsh Poetry - that of the chair of the National Eisteddfod, which in August 1917 was due to be held in Birkenhead (one of the rare occasions when it was held in England). After submitting his entry, under his bardic name "Hedd Wyn" ("Blessed Peace") Evans later departs from Meirionydd by train to join the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Liverpool, despite his initial misgivings about the war. Ellis is sent to fight in the trenches of Flanders. 'Hedd Wyn' was the first Welsh-language film to be nominated for an Oscar.

Hedd Wyn

1992

No artwork available
NR

An autobiographical-style comedy set in 1960s Wales, following a mischievous minister's son who inadvertently gets chosen as the best village singer, leading to a series of hilarious misadventures.

Pork Pie

—

No artwork available
NR

Cwm Hyfryd is a Welsh-language film released in 1993. Throughout its plot, the film develops the drama of Nahuel, a young man who ends up falling in love with Sian, the wife of Kevin, a man who had just come out of severe depression.

My Pretty Valley

1993