Born in Devon, Turner learned Welsh while working at the BBC in the early 1980s and was a vocal supporter of Plaid Cymru. He was reportedly "blacklisted" from the BBC for his nationalist views (reported in an article in The Observer).[2][3] S4C director called him "a man with vision and a fire in his heart for all things Welsh and the Welsh language and his desire to portray that on film".[4]
Paul had two daughters during his first marriage to Sheila Ford, He had 3 grandchildren. His second marriage was to Welsh actress Sue Roderick. He died in November 2019 at the age of 73.[4]
paul, turner, director, paul, turner, december, 1945, november, 2019, welsh, film, director, film, hedd, 1992, became, first, welsh, film, nominated, academy, award, best, foreign, language, film, born, devon, turner, learned, welsh, while, working, early, 198. Paul Turner December 1945 1 November 2019 was a Welsh film director His film Hedd Wyn 1992 became the first Welsh film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1 Born in Devon Turner learned Welsh while working at the BBC in the early 1980s and was a vocal supporter of Plaid Cymru He was reportedly blacklisted from the BBC for his nationalist views reported in an article in The Observer 2 3 S4C director called him a man with vision and a fire in his heart for all things Welsh and the Welsh language and his desire to portray that on film 4 Paul had two daughters during his first marriage to Sheila Ford He had 3 grandchildren His second marriage was to Welsh actress Sue Roderick He died in November 2019 at the age of 73 4 Contents 1 Awards 2 Filmography 3 Television 3 1 English language 3 2 Welsh language 4 References 5 External linksAwards editHe won several international awards citation needed as well as having his film Hedd Wyn nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1 Filmography editTra Bo Dwy 1984 Wil Six 1984 Hedd Wyn 1992 Cwm Hyfryd 1993 Porc Pei 1998 Dial Wild Justice Television editEnglish language edit The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 Welsh language edit Derfydd Aur Fools Gold Trisgel Porc Pei 1998 Wil Six Arswyd y Byd Tales From WalesReferences edit a b The 66th Academy Awards 1994 Nominees and Winners oscars org Retrieved 25 September 2015 MI5 secretly controls hiring firing BBC staff Observer 18 August 1985 Clarion Blacklisted a b Oscar nominated film director Paul Turner dies BBC News 3 November 2019 External links editPaul Turner at IMDb nbsp This article about a British film director is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paul Turner director amp oldid 1162525411, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
