John Walker (film producer)

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John Walker
Born (1956-04-21) April 21, 1956 (age 68)
Alma mater University of Notre Dame [1]
Occupations
  • Film producer
  • actor
Spouse
(m. 1981)

John Walker (born April 21, 1956) is an American film producer and actor. [1] He produced Disney-Pixar's The Incredibles (2004) and its sequel Incredibles 2 (2018).

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Walker graduated at the University of Notre Dame, and studied theatre education at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. [1] He served as managing director of Victory Gardens Theater, where he produced over 30 new plays. [1]

Walker is also the vice president of Ghost Ranch Productions, a non-profit corporation committed to producing a wide variety of exceptional plays, musicals, and films.

He is married to Pamela Gaye Walker, president of Ghost Ranch Productions. [1] As of 2015, they have acted together in 25 shows. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989-2006 Great Performances Writer, producerTelevision Series
1991Antony & CleopatraProducerTelevision Movie
1999 The Iron Giant Associate Producer
2001 Osmosis Jones
2004 The Incredibles ProducerVoice of Reverend (uncredited)
2005 Jack-Jack Attack Special ThanksShort Film
Mr. Incredible and Pals
2007 Ratatouille Production Resources
2008 WALL-E
Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales Special ThanksShort Films; Episodes 1-3
2009Calendar ConfloptionShort Film
2010 Day & Night
2012 Brave
Buzkashi BoysShort Film
2015 Tomorrowland Executive Producer [2]
The Good Dinosaur Additional Production Leadership
2016 Piper Special ThanksShort Film
Finding Dory
2017 Cars 3
Coco Additional Thanks
2018 Incredibles 2 Producer
TBD 1906 Executive Producer

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "19th PlayGround Festival of New Works" (PDF). PlayGround. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 3, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  2. Lussier, Germain (April 6, 2015). "10 New 'Tomorrowland' Character and Behind the Scenes Details". /Film. Retrieved July 3, 2015.