Luke Walker (filmmaker)
Luke Walker is a British/Australian film maker. His 2008 documentary film, Beyond Our Ken explored the group Kenja Communication, a controversial Australian "self-empowerment" organisation. It garnered Walker an AACTA Award for Best Direction in a Documentary nomination (shared with co-director Melissa Maclean). Beyond Our Ken was also nominated for Best Documentary at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards and also by the Australian Film Institute.[1]
Walker's 2013 documentary feature Lasseter's Bones explores a fabled seam of gold said to be lost in Central Australia, the notorious Lasseter's Reef.[2] The film follows Harold Bell Lasseter's elderly son on his last desert expedition to find his father's lost gold.[3]
Lasseter's Bones was nominated for Best Documentary at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards.[4]
Walker’s 2017 documentary PACmen follows the Super-PACs backing Ben Carson’s ill-fated presidential campaign[5]. PACmen premièred at Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival in May 2017[6].
Walker was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, and is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts.[7]
References
- ^ "Home". Beyond Our Ken - 2008 Australian documentary about Kenja Communication. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Lasseter's Bones - A Documentary by Luke Walker - Home". Lassetersbones.com.au. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "'PACmen' Film Review | Hot Docs 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
- ^ Schager, Nick (2017-01-30). "Ben Carson's Vacuousness Is on Full Display in a Disturbing New Documentary". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
- ^ Jim Schembri (18 September 2008). "Beyond Our Ken". The Age. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
External links
- Luke Walker at IMDb