Kevin Turen | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | August 16, 1979
Died | November 12, 2023
California, U.S. | (aged 44)
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Occupation(s) | Film and television producer |
Years active | 2005–2023 |
Notable work |
Euphoria Arbitrage X The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Pieces of a Woman |
Spouse |
Evelina Turen (
m. 2012) |
Children | 2 |
Kevin Turen (August 16, 1979 – November 12, 2023) was an American film and television producer. His film credits included the X film series (2022–2024), [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]
Kevin Turen was born in New York City on August 16, 1979. He studied English and Cinema at Columbia University. [1]
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 2012, he developed and produced Nicholas Jarecki's acclaimed financial thriller Arbitrage, which was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for its star, Richard Gere. 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 Little Lamb Productions 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]
Turen married Evelina in June 2012, and they had two sons. [1]
On November 12, 2023, Turen was driving his Tesla vehicle on autopilot mode when he suffered a cardiac emergency. [6] His son Jack was able to navigate the car to the side of the road and call 9-1-1; Turen was transported to a hospital, where he died at the age of 44. [1] [2] [7] [8] According to a report from a medical examiner, Turen died from acute cardiac dysfunction and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, with coronary artery disease listed as a contributing factor. [6]