Kevin Turen (August 16, 1979 – November 12, 2023) was an American film and television producer. His film credits included the X film series (2022–2024), Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022), Pieces of a Woman (2020), and Arbitrage (2012). His television work included Euphoria and The Idol, on which he served as an executive producer.
Early life Kevin Turen was born in New York City on August 16, 1979. He studied English and Cinema at Columbia University.
Career Turen was an executive at First Look Pictures, eventually becoming its president. In the 2010s, he worked at Infinity Media and Treehouse Films. In 2012, he developed and produced Nicholas Jarecki's acclaimed financial thriller Arbitrage, which was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for its star, Richard Gere. In 2014, he became the head of Phantom Four, a production company started by screenwriter David S. Goyer. During this time, Phantom Four worked on the film Assassination Nation (2018), written and directed by Sam Levinson. This began an extended collaboration with Levinson and his wife, Ashley; Turen co-founded Little Lamb Productions with them, and went on to produce the film Malcolm & Marie and work as an executive producer on the TV shows Euphoria and The Idol.
Personal life Turen married Evelina in June 2012, and they had two sons.
Death On November 12, 2023, Turen was driving his Tesla vehicle on autopilot mode when he suffered a cardiac emergency. His son Jack was able to navigate the car to the side of the road and call 9-1-1; Turen was transported to a hospital, where he died at the age of 44. According to a report from a medical examiner, Turen died from acute cardiac dysfunction and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, with coronary artery disease listed as a contributing factor. Hurry Up Tomorrow, one of his last films released posthumously, was dedicated to his memory.
Filmography +Producer creditsYearTitleNote2005Wassup Rockers2006The Dead Girl2007An American CrimeSmiley Face2010Operation: Endgame2012ArbitrageAt Any Price2013All Is LostExecutive producer2014That Awkward Moment99 Homes2015The BenefactorMediterraneaExecutive producer2016The Birth of a Nation2018Assassination NationTauA.X.L.2019Villains2019-2022EuphoriaExecutive producer; 18 episodes2019Waves2020The Last Days of American CrimeExecutive producerPieces of a Woman2021Malcolm & MarieNorth HollywoodExecutive producerThose Who Wish Me DeadAntlersExecutive producer2022BreakingSharp StickThe Unbearable Weight of Massive TalentXIrma VepExecutive producer; 8 episodesPearl2023The IdolExecutive producer; 5 episodes2024MaXXXinePosthumous release2025Hurry Up TomorrowPosthumous release2026NewbornPosthumous release; executive producer
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