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Brad Turner

Brad Turner

Director, also producer · Bayfield, Ontario, Canada

Primetime Emmy winner

Brad Turner is an award winning Canadian film and television director who has worked on several popular series. Born in Bayfield, Ontario, Canada, on June 22. He graduated with honors from the Television Arts Program at H. B. Beal Secondary School in London, Ontario. In all he has directed thirteen movies, and over two hundred episodes of television. He has been nominated 6 times for Gemini Awards for Directing, and in 2004 he won one for his work in the CBC mini series Human Cargo. He also has won two Directors Guild of Canada Awards for the same production. In 2005 Human Cargo was also given a Peabody Award. Turner has also won a Manitoba Film Award for Best Director in a television movie and has been nominated for an American Cable Ace Award for Best Director. Brad also has a love for fine art, and owns the Turner Gallery which sells and promotes living Canadian artists. The gallery is located in his home town of Bayfield, Ontario. Beginning with season 5 of 24 he has become one of the main directors on the show directing half the season with Jon Cassar. He started as a producer on day 5 and a supervising producer on day 6,season 7 he served as a co-executive producer. In season 8 he was promoted to executive producer.

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From
Bayfield, Ontario, Canada
Works as
Director, also producer
Titles
66 on MovieCove · 99 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 42% in 30 days

What are Brad Turner's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
33%
Self
26%
Bonds
20%
Survival
16%
Society
5%
Purpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Melancholic
6
Warm
3
Hopeful
4
Dread
2
Other
6

How their films linger

Thought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet8
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Brad Turner's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 54 of their 66 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Brad Turner's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

99 credits, 66 with a MovieCove page.

  • Boston Blue(2025)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • The Institute(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • To Hold The Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer · Producer

  • Accused(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Alert(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Special Forces: World's Toughest Test(2023)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • From(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Panhandle(2022)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Trigger Point(2021)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • V-Wars(2019)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Take Two(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Gone(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Conviction(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • MacGyver(2016)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Designated Survivor(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Bull(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Second Chance(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • The Shannara Chronicles(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • The Whispers(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Wayward Pines(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Daredevil(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Legends(2014)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • The Last Ship(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Bitten(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Helix(2014)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • The Originals(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.(2013)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • The Transporter(2012)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Alcatraz(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Homeland(2011)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Secret Circle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Falling Skies(2011)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Hawaii Five-0(2010)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Nikita(2010)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Prison Break: The Final Break(2009)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Vampire Diaries(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Life on Mars(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • jPod (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Women's Murder Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Psych(2006)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Blade: The Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 12 episodes · Director

  • Bones(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Prison Break(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Species III(2004)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Battlestar Galactica(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Stargate: Atlantis(2004)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Collector(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Las Vegas(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • Playmakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Dead Like Me(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The New Beachcombers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • The Twilight Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • Jeremiah(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • 24(2001)

    Show 46 episodes · Director · Co-Executive Producer · Executive Producer · Producer · Supervising Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Smallville(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Mutant X(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Alias(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • A Colder Kind of Death(2001)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Wandering Soul Murders(2001)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Andromeda(2000)

    Show 7 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Mysterious Ways (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence(2000)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Must Be Santa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • The Sheldon Kennedy Story(1999)

    as Eric Lindos

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Hope Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Roswell: The Aliens Attack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Da Vinci's Inquest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • The Inspectors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director

  • First Wave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • This Matter of Marriage(1998)

    Director · as Brad

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Major Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • Stargate SG-1(1997)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Dead Man's Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • La Femme Nikita(1997)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Peacekeepers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • FX: The Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Poltergeist: The Legacy(1996)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Strange Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Outer Limits(1995)

    Show 18 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Hawkeye(1994)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Paris or Somewhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Director

  • Cobra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • North of 60 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • Forever Knight(1992)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • The Odyssey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Street Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • Bordertown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

  • 21 Jump Street(1987)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • Street Legal(1987)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Goofballs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Director

  • Nobody's Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    First Assistant Director

  • A Masterpiece of Murder(1986)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Danger Bay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

  • The Twilight Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Ray Bradbury Theater(1985)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Airwolf(1984)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows

  • Pygmalion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Stage Director

  • Human Cargo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

Career shape

A full career of 97 titles, 96 of them dated from 1983 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Trigger Point (2021)

$29K worldwide

Highest rated

Prison Break: The Final Break (2009)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

The Institute (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 97: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting92 of 97: 87 only directing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thProducing5 of 97: 0 only producing, 5 with another roleCinematography1 of 97: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleOther crew3 of 97: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

97 titles, 6 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1980s11 · crew1990s25 · 2 acting · 24 crew2000s28 · crew2010s25 · crew2020s7 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Won a Primetime Emmy in 2006, Outstanding Drama Series.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Brad Turner's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

31stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 66 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up19
  • 50th to 74th24
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

33 of their 66 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser33
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · director

MacGyver (2016)

82nd percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Daredevil (2015)

Midcredits 98th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 56/100 and the pacing 53/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Brad Turner's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 66 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles21–58 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 40 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 35 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 56 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Brad Turner work with?

People who share at least 2 of Brad Turner's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Robin Dunne shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers