Dolly R Turner
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Working at the intersection of storytelling, impact, and marketing, Dolly Turner is an award-winning filmmaker who has garnered Sundance, Tribeca, American Black Film Festival, and Pan African Film Festival Awards, as well as a nod on the Oscars shortlist. In 2019, United Skates premiered on HBO, won the Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award, National Museum of African American History and Culture Best Documentary Award, and was nominated for the International Documentary Association's Best Documentary. Previously, Turner produced Alone, winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for non-fiction short.
Turner produced Maynard (directed by Sam Pollard), winner of the Pan African Film Festival's Best Documentary Director Award, and 25 to Life, winner of the American Black Film Festival's CNN Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary. She led the marketing and outreach campaigns for Finding Fela (directed by Alex Gibney), Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (directed by Shola Lynch), and Black Women in Medicine. She produced the Truth Campaign's national social impact tour, which traveled to 147 cities, and produced Aspire Networks on-air branding for the launch of the network.
Her current projects include the documentary Holier Than Thou (in development) and Rebirth of the Griots: Vol. I, a multimedia project (in development). She is a film programmer for The Apollo Performing Arts Center and formerly programmed the Da Bounce Urban Film Festival in Amsterdam, the only festival in Europe showcasing African American content.
Turner is an Advisory Board member of The Blackhouse Foundation, previously a Board Member for 10 years and Director of The Blackhouse Foundation / IFP Multicultural Producers Lab, and contributed to their annual programming initiatives. She served on IFP's Advisory Board from 2009 to 2018, and as a mentor for Johns Hopkins University Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund in Film & Media. She frequently serves as a juror and speaker at festivals and conferences.
In 2009, she launched The Turner Group, which connects people to stories, causes, and brands. At The Turner Group, she has developed successful strategic marketing releases for Finding Fela, Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, and Maynard, as well as social impact and advocacy campaigns.
Dolly held previous roles as a marketing strategist, business development executive, and talent manager. She is known as an innovator with an eye for talent and trends who takes projects from concept to execution, and a catalyst for financial and organizational growth. She's been part of the senior management teams at USA Network, the American Black Film Festival, the South Asian International Film Festival, the Truth Campaign, and record companies, and has worked with global brands. She began her career in commercial banking, financing global media and entertainment companies.
Turner produced Maynard (directed by Sam Pollard), winner of the Pan African Film Festival's Best Documentary Director Award, and 25 to Life, winner of the American Black Film Festival's CNN Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary. She led the marketing and outreach campaigns for Finding Fela (directed by Alex Gibney), Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (directed by Shola Lynch), and Black Women in Medicine. She produced the Truth Campaign's national social impact tour, which traveled to 147 cities, and produced Aspire Networks on-air branding for the launch of the network.
Her current projects include the documentary Holier Than Thou (in development) and Rebirth of the Griots: Vol. I, a multimedia project (in development). She is a film programmer for The Apollo Performing Arts Center and formerly programmed the Da Bounce Urban Film Festival in Amsterdam, the only festival in Europe showcasing African American content.
Turner is an Advisory Board member of The Blackhouse Foundation, previously a Board Member for 10 years and Director of The Blackhouse Foundation / IFP Multicultural Producers Lab, and contributed to their annual programming initiatives. She served on IFP's Advisory Board from 2009 to 2018, and as a mentor for Johns Hopkins University Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund in Film & Media. She frequently serves as a juror and speaker at festivals and conferences.
In 2009, she launched The Turner Group, which connects people to stories, causes, and brands. At The Turner Group, she has developed successful strategic marketing releases for Finding Fela, Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, and Maynard, as well as social impact and advocacy campaigns.
Dolly held previous roles as a marketing strategist, business development executive, and talent manager. She is known as an innovator with an eye for talent and trends who takes projects from concept to execution, and a catalyst for financial and organizational growth. She's been part of the senior management teams at USA Network, the American Black Film Festival, the South Asian International Film Festival, the Truth Campaign, and record companies, and has worked with global brands. She began her career in commercial banking, financing global media and entertainment companies.
