Bohdan Turok

https://turokfilms.com
Director and Screenwriter

Laguna Niguel, California

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March 2014

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About Bohdan

*2022.08.21 I am currently in Japan directing a feature documentary. Apologies for my late replies.

Bohdan is an optioned screenwriter. He was born and raised in Slovakia, at 9 moved to Algeria, then Germany, UAE & Canada, and currently resides in California. His first career-16 years of study & practice in psychotherapy-permeates everything he does in film. Bohdan's background is a unique asset in this relation-centric industry that delivers stories about human experience. Filmmaking is his gestalt of psychology, photography, painting, writing, music, martial arts, Eastern & Western philosophy, a life well-lived & other unknown variables. It is the culmination of more than two decades in preparation to lead & collaborate effectively in this multidisciplinary medium.

His short narrative drama "CUDDLER" (2015) won numerous awards & nominations from festivals around the world. He filmed & directed a short narrative drama "How We Dance" (2016) in Tokyo & Kyoto & his silent short narrative film "Thou" (2017) won the Gold Remi Award at the Houston International Film Festival (2018). He completed "Opportune" in 2018, a short narrative drama that premiered at the Toronto Black Film Festival. He's in the packaging stage of his feature film (psychological crime drama) "MOTHER MOTHER" & in production on a feature documentary with NHK (Japan), exploring the process of creativity.

Unique traits: INSIGHT into characters/working with actors: 16 years of study and practice of Psychotherapy + VISUAL storyteller: https://turokfilms.com

Gender:
Male

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Opportune (2017)
Film (short) Producer, Director & Cinematographer
THOU (2017)
Film (short) (Fantasy) Producer, Director & Cinematographer Two angels of death come from earth to do their dirty work until one of them can't.
Cuddler (2016)
Film (Drama and Short) Producer & Director When Marie decides to cuddle people for money, she is unprepared to meet a client who will challenge her unwittingly beyond all her expectations.
How We Dance (2016)
Film (short) Producer, Director & Cinematographer

Awards

REMI AWARD - 51st Annual WORLDFEST-HUSON International Film Festival
(2018)
Best Score - October - Los Angeles CineFest
(2017)
Best Short Film - International (Hollywood Verge Film Festival, Spring 2016)
(2016)
Best Director of a Short Film (Berlin International Filmmaker Festival 2016)
(2016)
Best of the Festival (Short Stop International Film Festival, 2016 first edition)
(2016)
Best International Short Film (Rome Cinema Doc, 2015 December)
(2015)