Kiah Roache-Turner is an independent Australian film director and screenwriter, from Sydney Australia. He co-created the Wyrmwood film series alongside his brother Tristan Roache-Turner.
Career Turner started filmmaking when he was 13, with him and his brother shooting music videos and short films throughout the early 20’s, including “Roadrunner” (2008) and “War Games” (2009). In 2014, the brothers released the zombie horror Wyrmwood. The film garnered international praise, with The West Australian referring to it as “Dawn of the Dead meets Mad Max”, and Rotten Tomatoes critics giving the film a 82%. The zombie film had two sequels, with Kiah returning as writer/director on them both. The first was Wyrmwood – Chronicles of the Dead in 2017, a TV Pilot for a television series that was never picked up. In 2021, Kiah released the stand alone sequel film Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, alongside his brother Tristan.
In 2018, the brothers released the demon hunting feature, Nekrotronic.
It was announced in 2023, that Kiah would be directing the spider horror Sting, starring Ayla Browne. The director told Screen Anarchy in an interview that the idea for the film had come from his real life arachnophobia. That same year, Deadline announced that Kiah was directing a WWII shark based horror film Beast of War. Kiah claimed the film was a tribute to Steven Spielberg's Jaws.
In 2026, it was announced that Kiah had begun production of yet another WWII based film, titled ‘Lady Death’, with financing support from the South Australia Film Corporation.
Awards +YearFilmFestivalAwardStatus2015WyrmwoodTrieste Science+Fiction FestivalBest International Science Fiction FilmWinner2015WyrmwoodRondo Hatton Classic Horror AwardsBest Independent FilmNominee2018Wyrmwood – Chronicles of the DeadAtlanta Horror Film FestivalBest Action ShortWinner2018Wyrmwood – Chronicles of the DeadGrossmann Fantastic Film and Wine FestivalBest Short MovieWinner2024StingGolden Scythe Horror AwardsBest International FilmWinner2025Beast of WarMotion Picture Sound EditorsOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Non Theatrical ReleaseNominee2026Beast of WarAustralian Academy of Cinema and Television ArtsBest Editing in FilmNominee2025Beast of WarFilm Critics Circle of AustraliaBest EditingNominee2026Beast of WarFilm Critics Circle of AustraliaBest ScreenplayNominee2026Beast of WarFilm Critics Circle of AustraliaBest EditingWinner
Filmography
Director:
2008: RoadRunner 2009: War Games 2014: The Wyrmdiaries: Behind the scenes of Wyrmwood 2014: Wyrmwood 2016: Stella 2017: Wyrmwood – Chronicles of the Dead 2017: DaemonRunner 2018: Nekrotronic 2021: Wyrmwood: Apocalypse 2024: Sting 2025: Beast of War -Lady Death
Writer:
2008: RoadRunner 2009: War Games 2014: Wyrmwood 2017: Wyrmwood – Chronicles of the Dead 2017: DaemonRunner 2018: Nekrotronic 2021: Wyrmwood: Apocalypse 2024: Sting 2025: Beast of War
References
External links Kiah Roache-Turner on IMDB