Directing
Lucy Walker
1970 · London, England, UK
30 films
Bio
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).
Filmography
Blindsight
Director of Photography
Waste Land
Director
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Executive Producer
Half the Picture
Self
Countdown to Zero
Director
Why Did You Kill Me?
Producer
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
Director
The Crash Reel
Writer
The Lion's Mouth Opens
Director
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Director
Bridge Poem
Director
Bring Your Own Brigade
Director