Kiah Roache-Turner
Kiah Roache-Turner
Creative Writer/director
Kiah Roache-Turner is a writer/director who started his career in the commercial world directing hundreds of campaigns and several award-winning music videos. His viral shorts (including Daemonrunner + Chronicles of the Dead) have been watched by over 50 million people.
In 2015 he released his debut film Wyrmwood which premiered at Fantastic Fest in Austin Texas. It became an instant cult classic and went straight to number one on Netflix. His follow up feature, Nekrotronic, starring Monica Belluci, premiered at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival and Wyrmwood Apocalyse (the sequel to his debut film) premiered at Sitges IFF in 2021 & won an Audience Award at the Sydney Film Festival the same year.
He is currently in post-production on Sting, a horror thriller about a huge and insatiable spider.
In 2015 he released his debut film Wyrmwood which premiered at Fantastic Fest in Austin Texas. It became an instant cult classic and went straight to number one on Netflix. His follow up feature, Nekrotronic, starring Monica Belluci, premiered at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival and Wyrmwood Apocalyse (the sequel to his debut film) premiered at Sitges IFF in 2021 & won an Audience Award at the Sydney Film Festival the same year.
He is currently in post-production on Sting, a horror thriller about a huge and insatiable spider.
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