Kieran Turner, documentary filmmaker Gobriath M (2012), died. He was 56 years old.
According to his representative, the Eight Track Tape Productions founder and 2021 CNN Docuseries Fellow died of cancer on Monday, December 23, in West Hollywood. A celebration of life is scheduled for January.
His 2012 documentary Gobriath M It details the rise and fall of the pioneering 1970s glam rock musician, the first openly gay rock star. The film inspired a reissue of the Jobriath catalog.
Turner's latest documentary, Ghost Lights: Reclaiming Theater in the Age of AIDSexamines the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the theater industry, and includes more than 150 interviews with theater pioneers and stars. Although Turner died during production, Wise Child Studios and producer Christian Tisdale, in partnership with executive producers Brett Morgan and Jonathan Groff, will complete the project in his honor.
The director's work “focused on highlighting gay artists who, like himself, died before their time.”
His scenario Black dogs It is blacklisted for 2022 and is currently in development with Star Thrower Entertainment.
After receiving his BFA and MFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, his senior thesis was 24 nights It played at festivals around the world before a TLA release picked up the feature for distribution, making it one of the first Christmas films to feature a gay love story.
Turner also created the web series Wallflowerswhich ran for two seasons on Stage17 and is now streaming on Dekkoo.
Turner is survived by his cousins on the East Coast and his chosen family.
