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).
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Movies (32)
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Executive Producer (Production)
2024
Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine
Director (Directing)
2023
Bring Your Own Brigade
Director (Directing)
2021
Why Did You Kill Me?
Producer (Production)
2021
Half the Picture
as Self
2018
Oh, What a Beautiful City (A City Symphony)
Director (Directing)
2017
Bridge Poem
Director (Directing)
2017
Ram Dass, Going Home
Executive Producer (Production)
2017
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
Director (Directing)
2017
#LikeAGirl
Director (Directing)
2016
The Vodou Healer
Director (Directing)
2016
PlayStation: Makers & Gamers - Street Fighter
Director (Directing)
2016
A History of Cuban Dance
Director (Directing)
2016
Feel Every Smile
Director (Directing)
2015
Project Daniel
Director (Directing)
2014
The Lion's Mouth Opens
Director (Directing)
2014
Daredevil on a Snowmobile
Director (Directing)
2013
David Hockney in the Now: In Six Minutes
Director (Directing)
2013
The Crash Reel
Director (Directing)
2013
The Rein of Mary King
Director (Directing)
2013
The Red Pill
Director (Directing)
2013
Crooked Lines
Director (Directing)
2013
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Director (Directing)
2012
Make Haste Slowly
Director (Directing)
2012
The Contenders
Director (Directing)
2012
Secrets of the Mongolian Archers
Director (Directing)
2012
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Director (Directing)
2011
Countdown to Zero
Director (Directing)
2010
Waste Land
Director (Directing)
2010
Blindsight
Director (Directing)
2006
Devil's Playground
Director (Directing)
2002
Blue's Clues: Blue's Birthday
Director (Directing)
1998
