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Kriss Turner is an American screenwriter and producer. Turner has written and produced episodes for the television series Sister, Sister, Living Single, The Bernie Mac Show, Cosby, Everybody Hates Chris, Whoopi and Sherri. Turner also the wrote the 2006 feature film Something New.
- On Breaking Into Hollywood
- Something New & 42.4 Percent of Black Women Have Never Been Married
- On Meeting Oprah, Creating & Writing Greenleaf
- On Writing About The Black Church
- Ongreenleaf Plots
- On The Return of Beloved Characters
- On Season 5
- On The Spinoff
I read that prior to you breaking into Hollywood, you attended seminary and even worked as an associate pastor at a United Methodist church. Also, I read that while you were working as an associate minister, two Hollywood agents read a play that you had written Orange Flower Water. How did they come across your play? Craig: I believe that my then t...
Now, Something Newis one of my favorite films of all time. Every time I see it on TV, I have to stop and watch it even though I’m usually doing something else. How did that come to be? Kriss: Well, first of all, I got married for the first time at 50, and I wanted to be married. I wasn’t so sure that I wanted to have children. I don’t have children...
And how did you meet Oprah? Craig: We met because she did a documentary called Beliefwhich was great. And at that time, she was with or allied with WME, William Morris Endeavor, and she said, ‘Do you have anyone who has any experience with television but also a past in religion who might be able to watch this and give any notes about it?’ So I was ...
Since you are white, where you intimidated at all about writing about a black church? Craig: There are not words. They haven’t invented the words yet for how daunted I was by that idea. I was, I mean if Oprah had not been my prime conversation partner at the beginning of that journey, of course I never would have even considered it. This show was i...
In Season 1 and Season 2, we learn that Lady Mae and her brother Mac McReady and the fact that she was molested by her father and that her brother was a molester and that he molested his niece and Lady Mae’s daughter Faith. Why was this an important storyline and will this storyline be mentioned at all in the final season? Craig: I think in the bro...
Now at the end of Season 4, Kerissa and Jacob are not in a good place to say the least but I saw Tasha Skanks in the trailer for Season 5. Could Tasha Skanks and Jacob Greenleaf be getting together at long last? Craig: Well, I’ll just throw that back at you. Do you believe that Tasha is the right lady for Jacob? Me: I’ve never liked Kerissa from th...
You said before that Lady Mae had all of the qualities of what would make a good pastor, but she never had the opportunity. With Harmony & Hope, and with all that they’re doing, maybe you won’t be able to tell me, but what’s going to happen to that all of that drive and ambition that she has to be a pastor? Craig: Lady May will never and should nev...
Craig: Well, I can tell you that if Kriss Turner Towner isn’t busy directing Something New 2, that she will definitely be involved with it, if she isn’t too busy. (Laughter) I can tell you that. I can tell you that Oprah and I. You know, Greenleafwas sort of spawned during a lot of conversations with Oprah. She and I spent a lot of time walking aro...
Kriss Turner is known for Something New (2006), The Bernie Mac Show (2001) and Everybody Hates Chris (2005).
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Aug 10, 2020 · As Greenleaf nears its series finale on Tuesday, OWN has announced the cast will reunite for one last time for a look back at the hit megachurch drama.
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Kriss Turner is an American screenwriter and producer. Turner has written and produced episodes for the television series Sister, Sister, Living Single, The Bernie Mac Show, Cosby, Everybody Hates Chris, Whoopi and Sherri. Turner also the wrote the feature film Something New.
Something New is a 2006 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Sanaa Hamri. The screenplay by Kriss Turner focuses on interracial relationships and traditional African American family values and social customs.
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