---
name: "Sheldon Turner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sheldon-turner"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T07:28:45.584638+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."
---

# Sheldon Turner

Writer. Born 1 January 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Turner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3430903, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1417242/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57336

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Up in the Air*](https://film.one/film/up-in-the-air.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Up in the Air* (2009), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/up-in-the-air.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *X-Men: First Class* (2011), Story
- *Up in the Air* (2009), Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/up-in-the-air.md)
- *The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning* (2006), Screenplay, Story
- *The Longest Yard* (2005), Screenplay
- *Work Horses*, Writer, Producer
- *Man of War*, Writer, Producer
- *Love Is a Gun*, Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2010: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Up in the Air*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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