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Lucy Walker

Director, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn January 1, 1970 (55 years)
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).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Waste Land

Known For

  • Waste Land
  • The Crash Reel
  • How to Change Your Mind
  • Blue's Clues
  • Devil's Playground
  • Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
  • Countdown to Zero
  • Why Did You Kill Me?
  • Blindsight
  • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
  • Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
  • Bring Your Own Brigade
  • The Lion's Mouth Opens
  • The New Yorker Presents
  • Defying Gravity : The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics
  • Independent Lens

Lucy Walker Filmography

2023
2022
How to Change Your Mind (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2021
2021
2020
2017
Ram Dass, Going Home · as Executive Producer
2017
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios · as Executive Producer
2014
2013
2011
2011
Op-Docs (TV Series)

2018
Half the Picture · as Self
2012
CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self
2006
Doc Talk (TV Series) · as Self
2004
Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self
1998
SexTV (TV Series) · as Self

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
2006
Blindsight · as Director Of Photography
2002
Devil's Playground · as Director Of Photography

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