CHRISTOPHER TURNER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
PHONE 0402 011 073 AGENT: TOP TECHNICIANS – 02 9958 1611 EMAIL: [email protected]
WORK HISTORY:
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR INTERCEPTOR (Feature) Missile Film Production (2nd Unit) Director: Matthew Reilly, Second Unit Director: Ingrid Kleinig 2021 Producers: Michael Boughen, Matthew Street, Stuart Beattie
ONSET 2ND 2ND AD THOR ‘THE BIG SALAD’ (Feature) Marvel Studios (2nd Unit – Block 1) Director: Jake Morrison, 1st Assistant Director: Scott Lovelock 2021 Producers: Kevin Feige, Brad Winderbaum
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DOCTOR DOCTOR - Season 5 (TV series) Easy Tiger Productions Pty, Ltd 2020 Director: Lisa Matthews, Daniel Nettheim & Hattie Dalton Producers: Ian Collie, Ally Henville, Keith Thompson & Rodger Corser
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WAKEFILD (TV series) Easy Tiger Productions Pty, Ltd (2nd Unit) Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse & Kim Mordaunt, 1st Assistant Directors: Tony 2020 Gilbert & Jeremy Grogan. Producers: Shay Spencer & Ally Henville
ONSET 2ND 2ND AD SHANG-CHI ‘STEAMBOAT’ (Feature) Marvel Studios/ Disney 2019/ 2020 Director: Destin Daniel Cretton, 1st Assistant Director: Jeff Okabayashi (US) (Until Covid) Producers: Jonathan Schwartz, Kevin Feige
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DRUNK HISTORY - Season 1 (TV series) Eureka Productions 2019 Director: Helena Brooks, Ben Howling, Jack Steele Executive Producer: Sophia Mogford Series Producer: Ashley Davies
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RISING WOLF (Feature) Wolf Films Productions Pty Ltd 2019 Director: Antaine Furlong, 1st Assistant Director: Drew Bailey Producers: James M Vernon, Kristy Vernon
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DOCTOR DOCTOR Season 4 (TV series) Easy Tiger Productions Pty, Ltd 2019 Director: Kriv Stenders Producers: Ian Collie, Ally Henville & Keith Thompson
ONSET 2ND 2ND AD KONG VS GODZILLA ‘APEX’ (Feature) Legendary Pictures 2019 Director: Adam Wingard, 1st Assistant Director: Nick Satriano (US) Producers: Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, Eric McLeod, Brian Rogers, Kenji Okuhira
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FRAYED (TV series) Frayed Season One Pty, Ltd 2018 Director: Shaun Wilson & Jen Leacey 1st AD: Tom Read & Charles Rotherham Producer: Nicole O’Donohue
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DOCTOR DOCTOR (TV series) Easy Tiger Productions Pty, Ltd 2018 Director: Geoff Bennett, Lucy Gaffy, Ian Watson, Jen Leacey, Lisa Matthews & Ben Chessell. 1st AD: Margie Beattie, Sophy Robertson & Charles Rotherham Producers: Ian Collie, Claudia Karvan, Tony McNamara
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR STREET SMART (TV series) Worldwide Production Services Pty, Ltd 2018 Director: Damian Davis, 1st Assistant Director: Chris Lynch Producer: Naomi Just
Christopher Turner Contact: 0402 011 073 2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR NEKROMANCER ‘NEKROTRONIC’(Feature) Nekro Productions Pty Ltd 2017 Director: Kiah Roache-Turner, 1st Assistant Director: Scott Lovelock Producers: Tristan Roache-Turner, Andrew Mason, Troy Lum
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR EASY BEATS (TV series) Playmaker Media 2017 Director: Matthew Saville, 1st Assistant Director: Matthew Enfield Producers: Di Haddon, David Maher, David Taylor
ONSET 2ND 2ND AD PACIFIC RIM 2 ‘MAELSTROM’ (Feature) Legendary Pictures 2016/ 2017 Director: Steven S. DeKnight, 1st Assistant Director: Nick Satriano (US) Producer: Thomas Tull
ONSET 2ND 2ND AD BLEEDING STEEL (Feature) Village Roadshow Pictures Asia (Australian Unit) Director: Leo Zhang, 1st Assistant Director: Rob Brown 2016 Producer: Jackie Chan, Liu Kailou, Producer: Zhang Bo
OFFSET 2ND 2ND AD ALIEN: COVENANT (Feature) 20th Century fox 2016 Director: Ridley Scott, 1st Assistant Director: Raymond Kirk (US) Producers: Mark Huffam, Michael Schaefer
ONSET 2ND 2ND AD HACKSAW RIDGE (Feature) Cosmos Filmed Entertainment (2nd Unit) Director: Mel Gibson, 1st Assistant Director: Chris Webb2015 2015 Producers: Bill Mechanic
ONSET 2ND 2ND AD TRUTH (Feature) FEA Productions Pty Ltd 2015 Director: James Vanderbilt, 1st Assistant Director: Steve Andrews Producer: Antonia Barnard, Brad Fischer
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LAST CAB TO DARWIN (Feature) Last Cab Productions Pty Ltd 2015 Director: Jeremy Sims, 1st Assistant Director: Steve Andrews Producer: Greg Duffy, Jeremy Sims
ND 2 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THE CODE - Season 2 (TV series) Playmaker Media 2015 Director: Shawn Seet, 1st Assistant Director: Tony Gilbert Producer: Shelly Birse, Di Haddon, David Maher, David Taylor
ONSET 2ND 2ND AD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 5 (Feature) Disney Pictures 2014/ 2015 Director: Joachim Ronning & Espen Sandberg, 1st AD: Chris Castaldi (US) Producer: Joe Caracciolo, UPM: Jennifer Cornwell
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN YOUR DREAMS (TV series) Endemol Australia 2014 Director: Ralph Strasser, 1st Assistant Director: Bob Donaldson Producer: Dennis Kiely
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RUBEN GUTHRIE (Feature) RG Pty Ltd 2014 Director: Brendan Cowell, 1ST Assistant Director: Scott Lovelock Producer: Kath Shelper
ONSET 2ND 2ND AD UNBROKEN (Feature) Universal Pictures 2013/ 2014 Director: Angelina Jolie, 1ST Assistant Director: Joseph Reidy (US) Producer: Clayton Townsend
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR PUBERTY BLUES (TV series) Southern Star 2013 Directors: Glendyn Ivin, Sean Kruck & Emma Freeman 1st AD: Jeremy Grogan & Margie Beattie. Producers: John Edwards & Imogen Banks
3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THE CODE (TV series) Playmaker Media 2013 Director: Shawn Seet, 1st Assistant Director: Tony Gilbert Producer: Shelly Birse, Di Haddon, David Maher, David Taylor
Christopher Turner Contact: 0402 011 073 3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POWER GAMES (TV series) Southern Star 2013 Director: Geoff Bennett & David Caeser, 1st Assistant Drector: Tom Read Producer: John Edwards & Jodi Matterson
ONSET 2ND 2ND AD THE WOLVERINE (Feature) 20TH Century Fox 2012 Director: James Mangold, 1ST Assistant Director: KC Colwell (US) Producer: Joe Caracciolo
3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SURVIVOR - CARAMOAN (Reality) Mark Burnett Productions 2012 Director: David Dryden 1st Assistant Director: John Clabburn Producer: Mark Burnett
3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DEVIL’S DUST (Feature) Freemantle Media 2012 Director: Jessica Hobbs, 1st Assistant Director: Margie Beattie Producer: Antonia Barnard
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TIMOTHY (TV series) ABC Television 2012 Director: Erin White 1st Assistant Director: Dimitri Ellerington Producer: Michelle Hardy
3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THE GREAT GATSBY (Feature) Warner Bros 2011/ 2012 Director: Baz Luhrmann, 1ST Assistant Director: Jennifer Leacey Producer: Catherine Knapman
3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR UNDERBELLY RAZOR (TV series) Screentime 2011 Director: Tony Tilse, Cherie Nowlan, Mat King, Shawn Seet & David Caeser, 1st ADs: Tom Read, Dimitri Ellerington, John Clabburn & Margie Beattie Producer: Elisa Argenzio & Peter Gawler
3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RESCUE: SPECIAL OPS – Season 3 (TV series) Southern Star 2011 Director: Ian Barry, Geoff Bennett, Peter Andrikidis, Arnie Custo, Shawn Seet, Garth Maxwell, Ian Watson, Jeremy Sims, David Caeser and Ben Chessell. 1st ADs: Scott Hartley, Russell Whiteoak, Tom Read and Maria Phillips. Producer: Kerrie Mainwaring
3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR A FEW BEST MEN (Feature) Arclight Films 2010 Director: Stephan Elliott, 1ST Assistant Director: Deb Antoniou Producer: Antonia Barnard
3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LAID (TV series) ABC Television 2010 Director: Trent O’Donnell, 1st Assistant Director: Dimitri Ellerington Producer: Liz Watts
3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR PANIC AT ROCK ISLAND (Feature) Goalpost Pictures 2010 Director: Tony Tilse, 1ST Assistant Director: Tom Read Producer: Rosemary Blight, Tony Tilse
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN YOUR DREAMS – Endemol Australia 2014 Director: Ralph Strasser, 1st Assistant Director: Bob Donaldson Producer: Dennis Kiely PP 2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DOUBLE TAKE (TV series) Freemantle Media 2009 Director: David MacDonald, 1st Assistant Director: Anna Harris Producer: David, McDonald, Ross Phillips
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DOUBLE THE FIST (TV series) ABC Television 2009 Director: Craig Anderson, Tony Walters and Brian Moss, 1st Assistant Director: Ian Astridge Producers: Jason Harty, Jennifer Collins Kath Earle
Christopher Turner Contact: 0402 011 073 2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Hi-5 (TV series) Kids Like Us 2008 Director: Grant Osborn, 1st Assistant Director: Amy Harris Producer: Helena Harris
3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OUT OF THE BLUE (TV series) Southern Star 2008 Director: Scott Hartford Davis, Cath Roden, Geoffrey Nottahe, Lewis Fitzgerald & Aarne Neeme, 1st ADs: Ian Astridge, Tony Leach & Sophy Robertson Producer: John Edwards
TVC’s: (A selection)
Production Company Project Director Producer Role Milk Money Asics Ethan McLean Emma Whitehouse 1st AD Plaza Codral Paul Middleditch Pete Masterton 2nd AD Revolver VRBO Richard Bullock Susie Douglas 2nd AD Goodoil Coats Stu Bowen Catherine Warner 2nd AD 13 & Co Google Patrick Filetti Rebecca Bennett 2nd AD Milk Money Lego Vivyo Ethan McLean Emma Whitehouse 1st AD Infinity 2 Mitsubishi – Air Daniel Reisinger Erin McBean 1st AD Exit Upwork Mark Molloy Alice Grant 2nd AD Revolver HULA Kim Gerrick Alex Taussig 2nd AD Finch Smiths Crisps Alex Roberts Jackie Adler 2nd AD Goodoil Disney Plus David wood Lee Thompson 2nd AD Scoundrel Rexona Matt Weston Max Horn 2nd AD Exit Westpac Garth Davis Karen Sproutl 2nd AD Scoundrel Jeep Tim Bullock Jules Shelton 2nd AD Plaza Woolies Paul Middleditch Pete Masterton 2nd AD Taxi Aptamil Justin Mcmillan Simone Mackie 2nd AD
REFERENCES:
Scott Lovelock Ally Henville Jennifer Leacey Johnny Kennerley 1s AD Producer Director Line Produce 0412 144 440 0417 294 651 0419 019 717 0407 777 526
Christopher Turner Contact: 0402 011 073