---
name: "Terry Turner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/terry-turner"
fi1m_id: "terry-turner"
imdb_id: "nm0877901"
tmdb_id: 56157
wikidata_id: "Q16874411"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "11 December 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:53:11.284444+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."
---

# Terry Turner

## Identity

Terry Turner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/terry-turner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** terry-turner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0877901
- **TMDB ID:** 56157
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16874411
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16874411, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877901/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56157

Writer. Born 11 December 1947 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 11 December 1947, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16874411, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877901/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56157

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Wayne's World*](https://film.one/film/waynes-world.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Terry Turner is an American writer and producer. He was born on 11 December 1947. With his wife Bonnie Turner, he began as a comedy writer in Atlanta before moving to news writing and producing at Turner Broadcasting.

The couple joined the writing staff of *Saturday Night Live* in 1986, remaining until 1993. They co-wrote the screenplays for the films *Wayne's World* (1992), *Wayne's World 2* (1993), *Coneheads* (1993), *The Brady Bunch Movie* (1995) and *Tommy Boy* (1995). Turner co-created the television series *3rd Rock from the Sun* (1996–2001) and *That '70s Show* (1998–2006), serving as executive producer on both.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvinsider.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wayne's World* (1992), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/waynes-world.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *That '90s Show* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Story, Creator
- *Humanoids in Korolyov* (2008), series, Creator
- *Whoopi* (2003), series, Writer, Creator
- *That '80s Show* (2002), series, Writer, Creator
- *Normal, Ohio* (2000), series, Writer, Creator
- *Days Like These* (1999), series, Creator
- *That '70s Show* (1998), series, Writer, Creator
- *Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman* (1998), Writer
- *3rd Rock from the Sun* (1996), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Story, Creator
- *Minor Adjustments* (1995), series, Writer
- *Tommy Boy* (1995), Writer
- *The Brady Bunch Movie* (1995), Screenplay
- *Wayne's World 2* (1993), Screenplay
- *Coneheads* (1993), Sketch Artist, Screenplay
- *Wayne's World* (1992), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/waynes-world.md)
- *Funland* (1987), as Minister · Screenplay

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