Biography

Award winning producer, director, and screenwriter, Thadd won the 2010 Western Heritage Wrangler Award for the History Channel's series "Cowboys and Outlaws", he won the 2007 Western Heritage Wrangler Award for "Truce", and won the 2006 Spur Award from the Western Writers of America for his original screenplay "Miracle at Sage Creek". Thadd has directed feature films "East of Yuma", "2 Years of Love", "Rodeo & Juliet", "Kids in The Yard", and Clay Walker's Top Ten music video "Jesse James". He will direct the upcoming thriller feature "Wiggle Room" in the summer of 2025.

His non-fiction book "Wild Bill Hickok: Deadwood City - End of Trail" was released in June 2001. His children's illustrated book "Wild Bill and The Pirates!" released in 2023 has won two writing awards, including the Western Writers of America Spur Finalist Award and the Will Rogers Medallion Finalist Award. His children's illustrated book "Wild Bill meets The Presidents!" was released in 2024. His fictional Western novel "The Hard Ride" inspired by his screenplay of the same name will be released in May 2025. Thadd is the husband of producer Cynthia. L. Turner, father of writer-producer Wyatt Turner, and father of actress Tanya Turner.
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Father of Wyatt Turner and Tanya Turner.