 Thadd Turner founded Talmarc Film Productions in 2004. He is a member of the Writers
Guild of America (WGA), Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and Western Writers of America (WWA). Thadd won the 2010 Western Heritage
Wrangler Award as actor for his portrayal of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp in the History Channel's Cowboys and
Outlaws: The Real Wyatt Earp, won the 2007 Western Heritage Award Wrangler as executive producer for the family
drama Truce and won the 2006 Spur Award for Best Feature Drama Script from the Western Writers of America for his
original screenplay Miracle at Sage Creek.
Producer,
director, writer, actor, model and published author, Thadd has written over a dozen screenplays and has appeared
on film, television and commercials for over twenty years. Director duties include country music artist Clay Walker's
music video Jesse James and Western
features Texas Hold Em, Palominas and The Hard Ride. Thadd wrote the original screenplays for
the three films and will produce.
Other
screenplays in active development include, action cop-drama The Rez inspired by true events about a DEA agent battling the
Mexican Drug Cartels; family adventure-fantasy Johnny Kidd about a young boy looking for Poseidon's
trident stolen by 17th century pirates, with the William Morris Agency and National Football League on board from an
original story by Thadd's son Wyatt Turner; family drama Buttermilk Sky
about a loner ex-rodeo rider who befriends a streetwise orphan girl while he tries to make amends with his former
fiance; gritty Western Palominas, about a rancher and down trodden Sheriff who battle hired gunmen at the turn of
the century; buddy-action
Gold Run, about two friends who must run for their lives after a gold heist goes bad in Mexico; sci-fi thriller,
Prophet Margin, about a wealthy media mogul who uncovers time travel and tries to record the birth of Christ for
profit. Film projects include The Last Horseman, Taxidermist, A Meadowlark Calling, and Bloody
Knuckles.
Advanced
horseman and historian on 1800's wardrobe, tack and firearms, Thadd has appeared in Doc West, Cowboys and Outlaws:
The Real Wyatt Earp, Comanche Moon, Miracle at Sage Creek, 7 Mummies, Legend of El Charro, The
Long Ride Home, Native Wisdom, Discovery Channel's Wild & The West, Animal
Planet's On The Set of Miracle at Sage Creek and provided historical support for the pilot episode
of HBO's award winning Deadwood.
Published author, Thadd's non-fiction book "Wild Bill Hickok: Deadwood
City - End of Trail" was released in 2001.
Thadd
wrote and produced Miracle at Sage Creek with David Carradine. He won the 2010 Western Heritage Award for his portrayal
of Wyatt Earp in the History Channel's Cowboys and Outlaws: The Real Wyatt Earp. Other documentary projects
include The Day They Died; Canadian Broadcast Corp's The Gunslingers; and German AZ Media's The
American West.
Miracle
at Sage Creek was filmed at Old Tucson Studios' Mescal set location near Benson, Arizona and stars David
Carradine, Wes Studi, Irene Bedard, Michael Parks and Buck Taylor. The film is available on dvd through Universal
Home Entertainment and regularly airs on cable television channels Starz Encore, Showtime and The Movie Channel.
For more information visit www.miracleatsagecreek.com.
Truce is available on dvd through Anthem Pictures and stars Buck Taylor,
Samantha Dokes, Brad Johnson and George Kennedy. For more information, visit www.anthempictures.com.
7 Mummies is released on dvd by Image Entertainment. The film
stars Billy Drago, Danny Trejo, Adrianne Palicki, Matt Shulze, Cerina Vencent and Billy Worth. For more information
and pictures visit www.treasureofthe7mummies.com .
Thadd
has provided live theater, radio and living history reenactments. Character portrayals include frontier western scouts, lawmen,
cowboys, outlaws, mountain men and cavalry from the time period of the late 1800's. Thadd specializes in this time
period and can provide talent, stunts, horses, tack, firearms, costuming, mounted shooting stunts, consulting and production
coordination as needed.
Thadd was a contributing editor to True West Magazine for two years and has written
feature stories for Wild West Magazine, WOLA Journal, Deadwood Magazine, Points West Magazine, Arabian
Horse International and provided historical research and information on Texas Jack Omohundro for the Buffalo Bill
Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming.
Thadd has provided live modeling
for some of the top Western artists in the United States, including such notables as Ron Stewart, Barry Eisenach, Karin Hollenbeke,
Charles Fritz, Joe Netherwood, Larry Vetter, Joe Glyda, George Justin and Edward Holmes.
Professional acting
training experience for media and film. A personal RESUME and additional information can be forwarded upon request.
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