John Walker (filmmaker)

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John Charles Walker (born July 5, 1952 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian filmmaker and cinematographer. [1]

His film Strand: Under the Dark Cloth won the Genie Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990, [1] and he won Gemini Awards in 1992 for Leningradskaya: The Hand of Stalin [2] and 1996 for Utshimassits: Place of the Boss . [3]

He was also a Genie Award nominee for Best Director at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989 for A Winter Tan , a collective film that he codirected and coproduced with Louise Clark, Jackie Burroughs, Aerlyn Weissman and John Frizzell, [4] and his film The Fairy Faith was a nominee for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the 21st Genie Awards in 2001. [5]

His other films have included Chambers: Tracks and Gestures, Distress Signals, Calling the Shots , Utshimassits: Place of the Boss , God's Dominion: Shepherds to the Flock, Men of the Deeps , Passage,Quebec My Country Mon Pays and Assholes: A Theory . In 2011 he was a participant in the National Parks Project, collaborating with musicians Chad Ross, Sophie Trudeau and Dale Morningstar on a short film about Prince Edward Island National Park. [6]

He was a founding member of the Documentary Organization of Canada. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 John Walker at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  2. "CBC drama tops Gemini ceremonies". The Globe and Mail , March 9, 1992.
  3. "Mountie series gets its Gemini, again: Hockey drama Net Worth, new series Traders and sportscaster Ron MacLean come up winners". The Globe and Mail , March 3, 1997.
  4. "Dead Ringers tops Genie picks". Vancouver Sun , February 14, 1989.
  5. "Maelstrom storms the Genies". The Globe and Mail , December 13, 2000.
  6. "The parks are alive with the sound of indie music". The Globe and Mail , May 20, 2011.