Sheldon Turner
screenwriter
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). He is an alum of Cornell University.
Turner was featured in The Dialogue interview series. In this 90-minute interview with producer Michael De Luca, Turner charts his detour from law school to screenwriting. Turner will be writing the live action Splinter Cell film. His production company Vendetta Productions recently signed a first-look deal with A+E Studios.
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