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Nelson Walker III
Nelson Walker graduated from Brown University before receiving his MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University. His first film, iThemba | Hope, made in collaboration with Keefe…
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Nelson Walker graduated from Brown University before receiving his MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University. His first film, iThemba | Hope, made in collaboration with Keefe Murren, was about an HIV+ choir from South Africa and aired on Sundance Channel. Nelson's cinematography has appeared in many highly lauded projects including The Fight (Edgeline Films), Chef Flynn (Dir. Cameron Yates), Dior and I (Dir. Frédéric Tcheng), Making a Murderer (Netflix), Iris (Maysles Films), Watchers of the Sky (Propeller Films), and The Gates (HBO). He serves as Chairman of the board of Maysles Documentary Center.
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2024
Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue
Movie Cinematography
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2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Movie Director of Photography
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2022
The Reverend
Movie Cinematography
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2020
Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better Meat
Movie Director of Photography
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2020
Down a Dark Stairwell
Movie Camera Operator
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2014
Watchers of the Sky
Movie Director of Photography
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2013
The Secret of Trees
Movie Assistant Camera
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2007
Lumo
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