---
name: "John Turman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-turman"
fi1m_id: "john-turman"
imdb_id: "nm0877273"
tmdb_id: 148991
wikidata_id: "Q6261409"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1900"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T05:11:30.938659+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Turman

## Identity

John Turman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-turman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-turman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0877273
- **TMDB ID:** 148991
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6261409
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Turman_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6261409, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877273/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/148991

Writer. Born 1 January 1900 in Los Angeles, California.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1900, Los Angeles, California
- **Active:** 2003–2007
- **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Turman_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6261409, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877273/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/148991

## Biography

John Turman is an American screenwriter, producer and storyboard artist. He began his career as a storyboard artist and in 1995 pitched an adaptation of Marvel Comics' Hulk to Universal Pictures, where he worked with producer Gale Anne Hurd on early drafts of the project.

Turman received co-screenplay credit on *Hulk* (2003), alongside Michael France and James Schamus. He also contributed the story for *Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer* (2007). His other credits include the television films *Ben 10: Alien Swarm* (2009) and *Ticking Clock* (2011), episodes of *MacGyver* (2016), and work on *The Crow: Stairway to Heaven* (1998–1999). He is the son of producer Lawrence Turman.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, cbr.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer* (2007), Fi1m 52, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-rise-of-the-silver-surfer.md)
- *Hulk* (2003), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/hulk.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *MacGyver* (2016), series, Writer, Story
- *Ticking Clock* (2011), Writer
- *Ben 10: Alien Swarm* (2009), Writer
- *Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer* (2007), Story — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-rise-of-the-silver-surfer.md)
- *Hulk* (2003), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/hulk.md)
- *Gleaming the Cube* (1989), Associate Producer
- *Full Moon in Blue Water* (1988), Producer

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