As a New York native, Emmy Award nominated Jon Turtle attended the University of Miami (Bachelor of Arts degree in History) and The University of Miami School of Law. He has held positions at the Mann Theater Corporation, National Subscription Television, Albacore Productions, Media Home Entertainment, ASCII Picture Corporation, Rocket Pictures and Capella Films before setting out on his own with Jon Turtle Productions.
Jon Turtle has helped finance over 30 features including "Bat 21" starring Danny Glover and Gene Hackman, and David Lynch's "Wild at Heart" starring Nicholas Cage and Laura Dern.
Through his company, Jon Turtle Productions, he has produced many films in association with Showtime Networks including; Emmy nominated "They Call Me Sirr" starring Michael Clarke Duncan, writer/director Robert Munic's "In a Class of His Own" starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Lynne Littman's "Freak City" and Jimmy Kaufman's "Time at The Top" starring Timothy Busfield.
His best known works including Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Nightmare on Elm Street 4, Nightmare on Elm Street 5, American Ninja 2: The Confrontation, Skin Deep starring John Ritter, Speedzone starring John Candy, Nightbreed directed by Clive Barker, Full Moon In Blue Water starring Gene Hackman, Kansas starring Matt Dillon and Kyra Sedgwick, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys starring Scott Glenn, Kate Capshaw, Tess Harper, and Gary Busey, and Messenger Of Death starring Charles Bronson.
As well as work on David Lynch's Wild At Heart starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern, and Bat 21 starring Gene Hackman and Danny Glover.
Turtle has served as the executive producer on Kevin Tenney's "Arrival II" (Taurus 7/ Live Entertainment) starring Patrick Muldoon, Michael Sarrazin, and Jane Sibbett, Jim Donovan's "Provocateur" (Appian Way / Live) starring Jane March, Lillo Brancato, Nick Mancuso and Carey Tagawa, Richard Martini's "Cannes Man" (Rocket) starring Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper, Julian Lennon and John Malkovitch, Carlo Carlei's "Fluke" (MGM) starring Mathew Modine, Nancy Travis and Eric Stolz and "Flight of The Innocent" (Rocket/MGM/UA) starring Manuel Cristaldi and Frederico Pacifici.
