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Lucy Walker
London, England, UK
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)…
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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).
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2024
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine
Movie Producer
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2022
How to Change Your Mind
TV show Executive Producer
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2021
Bring Your Own Brigade
Movie Director
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2021
Why Did You Kill Me?
Movie Producer
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2020
Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women's Gymnastics
TV show Director
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2018
Half the Picture
Movie Self
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2017
Oh, What a Beautiful City (A City Symphony)
Movie Director
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2017
Bridge Poem
Movie Director
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2017
Ram Dass, Going Home
Movie Executive Producer
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2017
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
Movie Director
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2016
#LikeAGirl
Movie Director
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2016
The Vodou Healer
Movie Director
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2016
PlayStation: Makers & Gamers - Street Fighter
Movie Director
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2016
The New Yorker Presents
TV show Director
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2016
A History of Cuban Dance
Movie Director
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2015
Feel Every Smile
Movie Director
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2014
Project Daniel
Movie Director
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2014
The Lion's Mouth Opens
Movie Director
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2013
Daredevil on a Snowmobile
Movie Director
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2013
David Hockney in the Now: In Six Minutes
Movie Director
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2013
The Crash Reel
Movie Writer
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2013
The Rein of Mary King
Movie Director
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2013
Crooked Lines
Movie Director
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2013
The Red Pill
Movie Director
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2012
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Movie Director
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2012
The Contenders
Movie Director
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2012
Make Haste Slowly
Movie Director
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2012
Secrets of the Mongolian Archers
Movie Director
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2011
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Movie Director
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2010
Countdown to Zero
Movie Director
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2010
Waste Land
Movie Director
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2006
Blindsight
Movie Director of Photography
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2002
Devil's Playground
Movie Director
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1999
Independent Lens
TV show Director
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1998
Blue's Clues: Blue's Birthday
Movie Director
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1996
Blue's Clues
TV show Director
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