Lucy Walker

Lucy Walker

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).

On screen

  • Half the Picture

Behind the camera

  • Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
  • Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine
  • Bring Your Own Brigade
  • Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
  • The Lion's Mouth Opens
  • The Crash Reel
  • David Hockney in the Now: In Six Minutes
  • Secrets of the Mongolian Archers
  • Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
  • Make Haste Slowly
  • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
  • Waste Land
  • Countdown to Zero
  • Blindsight
  • Devil's Playground
  • Blue's Clues: Blue's Birthday

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