Sheldon Turner

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Sheldon Turner is a screenwriter and producer. His produced credits as a screenwriter include The Longest Yard (2005), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006), Up in the Air (2009) and X-Men: First Class (2011).

Turner was featured in The Dialogue interview series. In this 90 minute interview with producer Mike DeLuca, Turner charts his detour from law school to screenwriting.

[edit] Awards

Up in the Air's script won:

  • The Richard Attenborough Award Screenwriter Prize[8]
  • The Central Ohio Film Critics award for Best Adapted Screenplay[20][21]
  • The Denver Film Critics award for Best Adapted Screenplay[27][28][29]

[edit] References

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