Lucy Walker
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1970 (age 56)
Birthplace
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).
Best known work
Blue's Clues
1996
Why Did You Kill Me?
2021
Waste Land
2010
The Crash Reel
2013
How to Change Your Mind
2022
Ram Dass, Going Home
2017
Devil's Playground
2002
Countdown to Zero
2010
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
2024
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
2017Filmography
TBA
InterspeciesDirector
2024
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa SherpaExecutive Producer, Director
2023
Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and IbogaineProducer, Director
2022
2021
Bring Your Own BrigadeDirector, Producer, Writer
2021
Why Did You Kill Me?Producer
2020
2018
Half the Pictureas Self
2017
2017
Bridge PoemDirector
2017
Ram Dass, Going HomeExecutive Producer
2017
Buena Vista Social Club: AdiosDirector, Executive Producer, Sound Recordist
2016
#LikeAGirlDirector
2016
The Vodou HealerDirector
2016
2016
2016
A History of Cuban DanceDirector, Writer, Executive Producer
2015
Feel Every SmileDirector
2014
Project DanielDirector
2014
The Lion's Mouth OpensDirector, Sound Recordist, Producer
2013
Daredevil on a SnowmobileDirector, Producer
2013
David Hockney in the Now: In Six MinutesDirector, Producer, Writer
2013
The Crash ReelWriter, Director, Producer, Sound
2013
The Rein of Mary KingDirector
2013
The Red PillDirector