Person
Tommy Turner
Acting
Biography
Tommy Turner is considered a key figure of the Downtown No Wave and Cinema of Transgression movements. While working days as a genetic research scientist and nights as a bartender at the Peppermint Lounge, the New York native rose to prominence through his zine Redrum and collaborations with Richard Kern and David Wojnarowicz.
Known for
The Blob
Makeup Effects
Blank City
Self
Submit to Me Now
1987
Submit to Me
1986
Manhattan Love Suicides
Peddler (segment "I Hate You Now")
I Hate You Now
Peddler
Red Spirit Lake
Man in Nightmare
Where Evil Dwells
1985
The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight
Mechanic
The Acid King
Himself
Filmography
- 2021The Acid KingHimself
- 2012The Hardcore Collection(archive footage)
- 2011Blank CitySelf
- 1993Red Spirit LakeMan in Nightmare
- 1992Black Hearts Bleed Red
- 1988The BlobMakeup Effects
- 1987Submit to Me Now
- 1986Submit to Me
- 1985Where Evil Dwells
- 1985Manhattan Love SuicidesPeddler (segment "I Hate You Now")
- 1985I Hate You NowPeddler
- 1985Woman at the WheelAnnoying Man
- 1985Rat TrapDirector
- 1984The Dominatrix Sleeps TonightMechanic
- 1984Simonland
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