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

  1. ↑ http://www.beyondourken.com.au
  2. ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/luke-walker-digs-up-a-hot-prospect-with-lasseters-bones/story-fn9n8gph-1226741606541
  3. ↑ http://www.graffitiwithpunctuation.net/2013/12/30/review-lasseters-bones-luke-walker-2012-2/
  4. ↑ http://www.lassetersbones.com.au
  5. ↑ "'PACmen' Film Review | Hot Docs 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/film/film-reviews/beyond-our-ken/2008/09/18/1221331010052.html
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