Lucy Walker

Known for DirectingBorn 1970-01-01 (age 56)London, England, UK

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women's Gymnastics

Bring Your Own Brigade

The Lion's Mouth Opens

How to Change Your Mind

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa

Waste Land

Blue's Clues

Buena Vista Social Club: Adios

The Crash Reel

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Blue's Clues: Blue's Birthday

The New Yorker Presents

Blindsight

Half the Picture

Independent Lens

Devil's Playground

Countdown to Zero

Why Did You Kill Me?

Ram Dass, Going Home

Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine

Bridge Poem

Oh, What a Beautiful City (A City Symphony)

A History of Cuban Dance

PlayStation: Makers & Gamers - Street Fighter

The Vodou Healer

#LikeAGirl

Feel Every Smile

Project Daniel

The Rein of Mary King

Daredevil on a Snowmobile

David Hockney in the Now: In Six Minutes

The Red Pill

Crooked Lines

Secrets of the Mongolian Archers

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas

Make Haste Slowly

The Contenders

Interspecies