User:Jamescturner

James C. Turner is a filmmaker from Highland Park MI who believes in making movies with meaning. He started his career as a Multimedia Producer when he graduated at the top of his class from The Art Institute of Houston in 1999. He is a member of the second graduating class with a degree of any kind in Multimedia in the United states. Turner has a history of producing emotionally moving cinematic marketing pieces. He produced a short video in 2011 for Matrix Human Services in Detroit, MI that helped the organization raise more than $100 million. After working for several years as a Software Engineer for O/E Learning, Inc., Turner returned to school at Wayne State University to focus on the video arm of Multimedia. He graduated Cum Laude in 2008 with a Bachelors of Art degree in Film Production. Turner immediately wrote and produced a no-budget film titled Destiny's Calling. The film was award winning and led to Turner going back to school to learn the business side of the entertainment industry. he graduated with his MBA from Wayne State University in 2015 and immediately took a well paying job in finance. Wanting to get back to his passion for filmmaking, Turner convinced his wife Keiona Turner to support him for two years while he pursued his goal of becoming a world famous filmmaker. She agreed to give him two years and he immediately produced The Highland Park 100 year Anniversary Documentary and several short marketing pieces to build his portfolio. After the global pandemic, Turner set out to produce his second narrative feature film titled Noble Intentions starring the Hollywood veteran Obba Babatunde. At the time of this publication, the film is in pre-production and schedule to go into production on July 11, 2021.