Ken Turner
An image from UFO, one of the productions that also features Ken Turner.
Ken Turner

Ken Turner

May 29, 1944 — Lewisham, London, England, UK

Kenneth Turner is a British television and film director who worked extensively on series created by Gerry Anderson. After serving as assistant director on the film Thunderbirds Are Go (1966), he directed various episodes of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967–68), Joe 90 (1968–69) and UFO (1970–71). He made his film directorial debut with The Love Pill (1971), a sex comedy featuring Henry Woolf.

He later collaborated with David Mitton, a future director on Thomas & Friends, to establish their own company, Clearwater Films, from which they started to make TV advertisements using stop-motion animation. After Turner left the company, Mitton teamed up with director Robert D. Cardona to change the name to Clearwater Features, the production company behind the first two seasons of Thomas and its spin-off, Tugs.

By the end of 2002, Turner was a property developer. He became a director of several property investment companies. He has since retired.

UFO

UFO

1970

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

1967

Joe 90

Joe 90

1968

Eskimo Nell

Eskimo Nell

1975

The Secret Service

The Secret Service

1969

Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars

Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars

1981

The Love Pill

1972

Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons

Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons

1980