Paul Turner (December 1945 â€" 1 November 2019) was a Welsh film
director. His film Hedd Wyn (1992) became the first Welsh film to be
nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.Born in
Devon, Turner learned Welsh while working at the BBC in the early
1980s and was a vocal supporter of Plaid Cymru. He was reportedly
"blacklisted" from the BBC for his nationalist views (reported in an
article in The Observer). S4C director called him "a man with vision
and a fire in his heart for all things Welsh and the Welsh language
and his desire to portray that on film".Paul had two daughters during
his first marriage to Sheila Ford, He had 3 grandchildren. His second
marriage was to Welsh actress Sue Roderick. He died in November 2019
at the age of 73.He won several international awards as well as having
his film Hedd Wyn nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign
Language Film.
director. His film Hedd Wyn (1992) became the first Welsh film to be
nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.Born in
Devon, Turner learned Welsh while working at the BBC in the early
1980s and was a vocal supporter of Plaid Cymru. He was reportedly
"blacklisted" from the BBC for his nationalist views (reported in an
article in The Observer). S4C director called him "a man with vision
and a fire in his heart for all things Welsh and the Welsh language
and his desire to portray that on film".Paul had two daughters during
his first marriage to Sheila Ford, He had 3 grandchildren. His second
marriage was to Welsh actress Sue Roderick. He died in November 2019
at the age of 73.He won several international awards as well as having
his film Hedd Wyn nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign
Language Film.
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