Lucy Walker

Known for directing · Born 1 January 1970 · 56 · London, England, UK

38 credits

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).

Known for

Blue's Clues

1996

Waste Land

2010

How to Change Your Mind

2022

The Crash Reel

2013

Countdown to Zero

2010

Devil's Playground

2002

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa

2024

Buena Vista Social Club: Adios

2017

Independent Lens

1999

Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women's Gymnastics

2020

Blindsight

2006

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

2011

Acting (1)

2018Half the PictureSelfFilm

Directing (33)

2023Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and IbogaineDirector, ProducerFilm

2021Bring Your Own BrigadeDirector, Producer, WriterFilm

2020Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women's GymnasticsDirector, Executive ProducerSeries

2017Buena Vista Social Club: AdiosDirector, Executive Producer, Sound RecordistFilm

2017Bridge PoemDirectorFilm

2017Oh, What a Beautiful City (A City Symphony)DirectorFilm

2016The New Yorker PresentsDirectorSeries

2016A History of Cuban DanceDirector, Writer, Executive ProducerFilm

2016PlayStation: Makers & Gamers - Street FighterDirectorFilm

2016The Vodou HealerDirectorFilm

2016#LikeAGirlDirectorFilm

2015Feel Every SmileDirectorFilm

2014The Lion's Mouth OpensDirector, Sound Recordist, ProducerFilm

2014Project DanielDirectorFilm

2013The Crash ReelDirector, Writer, Producer, SoundFilm

2013The Rein of Mary KingDirectorFilm

2013Daredevil on a SnowmobileDirector, ProducerFilm

2013David Hockney in the Now: In Six MinutesDirector, Producer, WriterFilm

2013The Red PillDirectorFilm

2013Crooked LinesDirectorFilm

2012Secrets of the Mongolian ArchersDirectorFilm

2012Focus Forward: Short Films, Big IdeasDirectorFilm

2012Make Haste SlowlyDirectorFilm

2012The ContendersDirectorFilm

2011The Tsunami and the Cherry BlossomDirector, ProducerFilm

2010Waste LandDirector, ScreenplayFilm

2010Countdown to ZeroDirector, Writer, Sound RecordistFilm

2006BlindsightDirector, Director of PhotographyFilm

2002Devil's PlaygroundDirector, Director of PhotographyFilm

1999Independent LensDirectorSeries

1998Blue's Clues: Blue's BirthdayDirectorFilm

1996Blue's CluesDirectorSeries

—InterspeciesDirectorFilm

Production (4)

2024Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa SherpaExecutive Producer, DirectorFilm

2022How to Change Your MindExecutive Producer, DirectorSeries

2021Why Did You Kill Me?ProducerFilm

2017Ram Dass, Going HomeExecutive ProducerFilm