Talent Guide

Turner Ross

  • Discipline:Producer
  • Program Year:Grants and Awards 2010

Bio

Turner Ross has worked in the art departments of films produced by 20th Century Fox, Universal, Disney, FX, and Cinemotion. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Bill and Turner Ross’ first feature length film, 45365, was the winner of 2009’s SXSW Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Independent Spirit Truer Than Fiction Award. They have gone on to receive numerous awards and nominations, including nominations for Editing, Cinematography, and Debut Feature at the Cinema Eye Honors and the London BFI Grierson Award. Their documentary, fiction, and multi-media short films have been featured at museums and film festivals throughout the world. 2011 will see the release of another feature, Tchoupitoulas, a document from the New Orleans night. They are currently filming on the Texas border.

Current Project

45365 (Documentary Feature)

Logline

45365 explores the congruities of daily life in an American town. The stories of a FATHER AND SON, a young relationship, cops and criminals, officials and their electorate coalesce into a mosaic of faces, places, and events.