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Ann Turner (director)
Ann Turner (born 1960) is an Australian filmmaker and novelist. Her films explore social and psychological themes, centering on strong female characters. Turner is writer-director of four feature dramas – Celia (1989), Hammers Over The Anvil (1993), Dallas Doll (1994) and Irresistible (2006) one of only three Australian women to achieve this distinction. Her novels include The Lost Swimmer (2015) and Out of the Ice (2016) both of which were nominated for literary awards. Turner has also worked as a screenwriter, producer, script consultant, teacher and film industry administrator.
Turner was born in Adelaide, South Australia and has made Melbourne, Victoria her home since 1979. She is graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts School of Film and Television, where she also lectured. Turner’s screenplays have attracted international stars including Russell Crowe, Charlotte Rampling, Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Emily Blunt and Rose Byrne. Her work has received multiple awards and nominations including the Grand Prix at the Creteil International Women’s Film Festival for Celia (1989) and Best Adaptation, Feature Film at the Australian Writers Guild AWGIE awards for the screenplay of Blanche D’Alpuget’s novel Turtle Beach (1992). Turner’s films have screened at major international festivals, including Berlin, New York, London, Sitges and Melbourne.
Turner is an avid reader and history enthusiast, and a keen gardener.
Ann Turner was born in 1960 in Adelaide, South Australia, the youngest of four girls. She credits a time of freedom in the long summer holidays as being an inspiration for her critically acclaimed debut feature film Celia. She has described her feelings that Adelaide, renowned as the City of Churches, had a dark underbelly, a sensibility that has spilled into her films and later, her novels.
In the late 1970s Turner moved to Melbourne for her education at Swinburne Film School (now part of the Victorian College of the Arts), and she has remained in Melbourne ever since. During her studies, Turner worked as a camera operator at the metropolitan horse races. In her final year at Swinburne Film School in 1981, Turner won the Screenwriting Award for her 40-minute film Flesh on Glass, an exploration of desire, religion and feminism. Flesh on Glass received an Honorable Mention at the Universiade International Student Festival, Edmonton, Canada, in 1982. It screened at Melbourne International Film Festival in 1982, was broadcast on ABC television and toured Australia as part of a National Film Theatre of Australia program. Flesh on Glass is available to view on the Victorian College of the Arts Digital Archive.
After graduating from Film School, Turner’s first full-time employment was as Creative Development Officer at Film Victoria (1983-1985). Here Turner set-up a professional attachment scheme that continues after 40 years.
Turner worked as a Senior Script Consultant at the Australian Film Commission (1985-1987) where she was responsible for funding new screenwriters.
Turner wrote the screenplay of Celia over a period of 6 years at nights and weekends while she was working full time. Celia won the Monte Miller Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay at the 1984 Australian Writers Guild AWGIE awards.
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Ann Turner (director)
Ann Turner (born 1960) is an Australian filmmaker and novelist. Her films explore social and psychological themes, centering on strong female characters. Turner is writer-director of four feature dramas – Celia (1989), Hammers Over The Anvil (1993), Dallas Doll (1994) and Irresistible (2006) one of only three Australian women to achieve this distinction. Her novels include The Lost Swimmer (2015) and Out of the Ice (2016) both of which were nominated for literary awards. Turner has also worked as a screenwriter, producer, script consultant, teacher and film industry administrator.
Turner was born in Adelaide, South Australia and has made Melbourne, Victoria her home since 1979. She is graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts School of Film and Television, where she also lectured. Turner’s screenplays have attracted international stars including Russell Crowe, Charlotte Rampling, Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Emily Blunt and Rose Byrne. Her work has received multiple awards and nominations including the Grand Prix at the Creteil International Women’s Film Festival for Celia (1989) and Best Adaptation, Feature Film at the Australian Writers Guild AWGIE awards for the screenplay of Blanche D’Alpuget’s novel Turtle Beach (1992). Turner’s films have screened at major international festivals, including Berlin, New York, London, Sitges and Melbourne.
Turner is an avid reader and history enthusiast, and a keen gardener.
Ann Turner was born in 1960 in Adelaide, South Australia, the youngest of four girls. She credits a time of freedom in the long summer holidays as being an inspiration for her critically acclaimed debut feature film Celia. She has described her feelings that Adelaide, renowned as the City of Churches, had a dark underbelly, a sensibility that has spilled into her films and later, her novels.
In the late 1970s Turner moved to Melbourne for her education at Swinburne Film School (now part of the Victorian College of the Arts), and she has remained in Melbourne ever since. During her studies, Turner worked as a camera operator at the metropolitan horse races. In her final year at Swinburne Film School in 1981, Turner won the Screenwriting Award for her 40-minute film Flesh on Glass, an exploration of desire, religion and feminism. Flesh on Glass received an Honorable Mention at the Universiade International Student Festival, Edmonton, Canada, in 1982. It screened at Melbourne International Film Festival in 1982, was broadcast on ABC television and toured Australia as part of a National Film Theatre of Australia program. Flesh on Glass is available to view on the Victorian College of the Arts Digital Archive.
After graduating from Film School, Turner’s first full-time employment was as Creative Development Officer at Film Victoria (1983-1985). Here Turner set-up a professional attachment scheme that continues after 40 years.
Turner worked as a Senior Script Consultant at the Australian Film Commission (1985-1987) where she was responsible for funding new screenwriters.
Turner wrote the screenplay of Celia over a period of 6 years at nights and weekends while she was working full time. Celia won the Monte Miller Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay at the 1984 Australian Writers Guild AWGIE awards.