Kevin Turen

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Kevin Turen
Born (1979-08-16)August 16, 1979
New York City, U.S.
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Alma mater Columbia University
Occupation Film and television producer
Years active 2005–2023
Notable work X
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Pieces of a Woman
Spouse(s) Evelina Turen (m. 2012)
Children 2

Kevin Turen (August 16, 1979 – November 2023) was an American film and television producer. His film credits included X film series (2022–present),[1][2] Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021),[3] The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022),[4] Pieces of a Woman (2020),[5] and Arbitrage (2012).[2] His television work included Euphoria and The Idol, on which he served as an executive producer.[1]

Early life

Kevin Turen was born in New York City on August 16, 1979. He studied English and cinema at Columbia University.[1]

Career

Turen was an executive at First Look Pictures, eventually becoming its president. In the 2010s, he worked at Infinity Media and Treehouse Films.[1] In 2014, he became the head of Phantom Four, a production company started by screenwriter David S. Goyer.[1] During this time, Phantom Four worked on the film Assassination Nation (2018), written and directed by Sam Levinson.[1] This began an extended collaboration with Levinson and his wife, Ashley; Turen co-founded the production company First Lamb Studios with them, and went on to produce the film Malcolm & Marie and work as an executive producer on the TV shows Euphoria and The Idol.[1]

Personal life and death

He married Evelina Turen in June 2012, and they had two sons. On November 12, 2023, it was announced that Turen had died over the weekend at the age of 44.[1][2]

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