Kieran Turner, a documentary filmmaker who created the online series “Wallflowers,” died Dec. 23 in West Hollywood. He was 56.
Turner’s death after a battle with cancer was confirmed by Christy Grosz, president of CLG3 Communications.
Along with creating “Wallflowers,” Turner wrote and produced the web web series which ran for 2 seasons from 2013 to 2014 and followed 4 friends who join a support group to assist them get dates. The show starred Gibson Frazier, Sarah Saltzberg, Christianna Tisdale, Susan Louise O’Connor and Ricky Dunlop and is now streaming on Dekkoo.
Through his independent production company Eight Track Tape Productions, which works in each film and tv, Turner directed and produced the documentary “Jobriath A.D.” concerning the ‘70s glam rock musician who died of AIDS. The production company focuses on telling LGBTQ+ related stories each fictional and non-fictional.
While working at Cinemarket, Turner helped finance and market movies like “Terminator Salvation,” “Love & Mercy,” “From the Rough,” “Very Good Girls” and “Dylan Dog: Dead of Night.”
Turner’s first feature film “24 Nights,” which he directed, wrote and produced as his Recent York University graduate thesis, was picked up for distribution by TLA Releasing. His screenplay “Black Dogs” made the 2022 Black List and is currently in development with Star Thrower Entertainment.
On the time of death, Turner was working on “Ghost Lights: Reclaiming Theater within the Age of AIDS,” a documentary detailing the impact of the AIDS epidemic in theater. Turner is survived by his cousins on the East Coast and his “close chosen family of friends.”
