Directing
Lucy Walker
Born January 1, 1970 · London, England, UK
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).
Known for
7.0
Blue's Clues
Director
5.6
Why Did You Kill Me?
Producer
7.8
Waste Land
Director, Screenplay
7.3 TMDB
The Crash Reel
Director, Writer, Producer, Sound
7.9
How to Change Your Mind
Executive Producer, Director
6.9
Ram Dass, Going Home
Executive Producer
6.6 TMDB
Devil's Playground
Director, Director of Photography
6.9
Countdown to Zero
Director, Writer, Sound Recordist
7.6
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Executive Producer, Director
7.3 TMDB
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
Director, Executive Producer, Sound Recordist
8.1
Independent Lens
Director
7.2
Half the Picture
Self
7.2
Blindsight
Director, Director of Photography
7.7
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Director, Producer
6.8
The New Yorker Presents
Director
8.0
The Lion's Mouth Opens
Director, Sound Recordist, Producer
9.0 TMDB
Bring Your Own Brigade
Director, Producer, Writer
8.5 TMDB
Blue's Clues: Blue's Birthday
Director
10.0 TMDB
Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women's Gymnastics
Director, Executive Producer
The Rein of Mary King
Director
Filmography
- 2024Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa SherpaExecutive Producer, DirectorMovie
- 2023Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and IbogaineDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2022How to Change Your MindExecutive Producer, DirectorSeries
- 2021Bring Your Own BrigadeDirector, Producer, WriterMovie
- 2021Why Did You Kill Me?ProducerMovie
- 2020Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women's GymnasticsDirector, Executive ProducerSeries
- 2018Half the PictureSelfMovie
- 2017Oh, What a Beautiful City (A City Symphony)DirectorMovie
- 2017Bridge PoemDirectorMovie
- 2017Ram Dass, Going HomeExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2017Buena Vista Social Club: AdiosDirector, Executive Producer, Sound RecordistMovie
- 2016#LikeAGirlDirectorMovie
- 2016The Vodou HealerDirectorMovie
- 2016PlayStation: Makers & Gamers - Street FighterDirectorMovie
- 2016The New Yorker PresentsDirectorSeries
- 2016A History of Cuban DanceDirector, Writer, Executive ProducerMovie
- 2015Feel Every SmileDirectorMovie
- 2014Project DanielDirectorMovie
- 2014The Lion's Mouth OpensDirector, Sound Recordist, ProducerMovie
- 2013Daredevil on a SnowmobileDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2013David Hockney in the Now: In Six MinutesDirector, Producer, WriterMovie
- 2013The Crash ReelDirector, Writer, Producer, SoundMovie
- 2013The Rein of Mary KingDirectorMovie
- 2013The Red PillDirectorMovie
- 2013Crooked LinesDirectorMovie
- 2012Focus Forward: Short Films, Big IdeasDirectorMovie
- 2012Make Haste SlowlyDirectorMovie
- 2012The ContendersDirectorMovie
- 2012Secrets of the Mongolian ArchersDirectorMovie
- 2011The Tsunami and the Cherry BlossomDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2010Countdown to ZeroDirector, Writer, Sound RecordistMovie
- 2010Waste LandDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 2006BlindsightDirector, Director of PhotographyMovie
- 2002Devil's PlaygroundDirector, Director of PhotographyMovie
- 1999Independent LensDirectorSeries
- 1998Blue's Clues: Blue's BirthdayDirectorMovie
- 1996Blue's CluesDirectorSeries
- —InterspeciesDirectorMovie