
gary turk






About
is an award-winning writer, performer, and filmmaker best known for Look Up - the most viewed spoken word video on the internet, with over 600 million views. The film sparked a global conversation about digital culture, earned Best Viral Film at the Cannes Media & TV Awards and two Webby Awards, and led to Gary being named Global Thought Shaper of the Year by the United Nations WTO.
The response was immediate and global - Gary appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Good Morning Britain, and BBC Breakfast among many others, and was covered by Time, CNN, and the BBC. The cultural reach of Look Up even extended to a parody on South Park.
A decade on, Gary released Look Up 2 - a new spoken word film examining how smartphones and social media continue to shape our lives, and what it means to use technology with genuine intention rather than compulsion.
Gary's work sits at the intersection of heartfelt storytelling and impactful social commentary. He has performed live shows, workshops, and keynote talks to hundreds of thousands of people across five continents - from arenas to forest retreats to mountaintops. His TEDx Talk draws on an unconventional childhood spent growing up in a retirement home, and he wrote a spoken word piece for 'Succession' actor Brian Cox, performed at Wembley Arena and broadcast to millions on New Year's Eve.
More recently, Gary has amassed millions of views and grown an audience of over 300,000 followers sharing his love of books - introducing audiences to overlooked and life-changing reads. For Gary, it's a natural extension of his life's work: the idea that what we choose to give our attention to shapes who we become.
At the heart of everything Gary makes is a simple belief: that paying attention to your life is the most radical thing you can do.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Excellent, brilliant, factual and emotional
THE INDEPENDENT
Taking the Internet by storm
TIME
A phenomenon
Powerful Stuff
Turk’s prose contains lines to live by
THE TODAY SHOW
NBC
CNN
A profound, emotional masterpiece
TED
A global sensation

