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Born in Pittsburgh PA, Kevin McTurk's life was forever changed when he and his friend snuck into a local theater to watch the Ridley Scott film Alien in 1980. After graduating from Penn State University with a degree in Film, Kevin began his career working with gore effects legend Tom Savini on several George Romero films before moving out west. Kevin landed a job at the effects company Stan Winston Studio the week he arrived in Hollywood and worked for the next ten years on films including JURASSIC PARK, INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE, and GALAXY QUEST.
He continued his career in effects, branching
out to work at other companies on films including
PULP FICTION, THE AVIATOR, and HELLBOY.
Kevin also returned to his love of
cinematography and began training as
a camera loader for music videos and
shooting a few shorts in his free time.
In 2004, Kevin contacted Weta Workshop
in New Zealand and moved down to
Wellington to work on the films
KING KONG, NARNIA, and the gory comedy
BLACK SHEEP (in which he also played the Were-sheep creature).
During his stay in New Zealand, Kevin forged great friendships with Weta co-workers Luke and Ben Hawker. He was thrilled to take part in their ambitious project BLACKSPOT and still fondly remembers the surreal nights spent on an abandoned New Zealand road, filming into the early hours of the morning.
Kevin is currently in the United States continuing work at several effects houses.