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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1970-01-01 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Lucy Walker

Biography:

Lucy Walker (born 1970; London) is an British documentary film director. She has directed the feature documentaries Devil's Playground (2002), Blindsight (2006), Waste Land (2010), Countdown to Zero (2010), The Crash Reel (2013), Buena Vista Social Club: Adios (2017), Bring Your Own Brigade (2021), and Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (2023). She has also directed the short films The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011) and The Lion's Mouth Opens (2014). Waste Land was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).

Known For

Acting

2018

Half the Picture as Self

Directing

2024

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa as Director

2023

Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine as Director

2022

How to Change Your Mind as Director

2021

Bring Your Own Brigade as Director

2020

Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women's Gymnastics as Director

2017

Buena Vista Social Club: Adios as Director

Bridge Poem as Director

Oh, What a Beautiful City (A City Symphony) as Director

2016

A History of Cuban Dance as Director

PlayStation: Makers & Gamers - Street Fighter as Director

The Vodou Healer as Director

#LikeAGirl as Director

The New Yorker Presents as Director

2015

Feel Every Smile as Director

2014

The Lion's Mouth Opens as Director

Project Daniel as Director

2013

The Crash Reel as Director

The Rein of Mary King as Director

Daredevil on a Snowmobile as Director

David Hockney in the Now: In Six Minutes as Director

The Red Pill as Director

Crooked Lines as Director

2012

Secrets of the Mongolian Archers as Director

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas as Director

Make Haste Slowly as Director

The Contenders as Director

2011

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom as Director

2010

Waste Land as Director

Countdown to Zero as Director

2006

Blindsight as Director

2002

Devil's Playground as Director

1999

Independent Lens as Director

1998

Blue's Clues: Blue's Birthday as Director

1996

Blue's Clues as Director

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Interspecies as Director

Camera

2006

Blindsight as Director of Photography

2002

Devil's Playground as Director of Photography

Production

2024

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa as Executive Producer

2023

Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine as Producer

2022

How to Change Your Mind as Executive Producer

2021

Why Did You Kill Me? as Producer

Bring Your Own Brigade as Producer

2020

Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women's Gymnastics as Executive Producer

2017

Ram Dass, Going Home as Executive Producer

Buena Vista Social Club: Adios as Executive Producer

2016

A History of Cuban Dance as Executive Producer

2014

The Lion's Mouth Opens as Producer

2013

The Crash Reel as Producer

Daredevil on a Snowmobile as Producer

David Hockney in the Now: In Six Minutes as Producer

2011

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom as Producer

Writing

2021

Bring Your Own Brigade as Writer

2016

A History of Cuban Dance as Writer

2013

The Crash Reel as Writer

David Hockney in the Now: In Six Minutes as Writer

2010

Waste Land as Screenplay

Countdown to Zero as Writer

Sound

2017

Buena Vista Social Club: Adios as Sound Recordist

2014

The Lion's Mouth Opens as Sound Recordist

2013

The Crash Reel as Sound

2010

Countdown to Zero as Sound Recordist