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. "Home". Beyond Our Ken - 2008 Australian documentary about Kenja Communication. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. "Luke Walker digs up a hot prospect with Lasseter's Bones | the Australian". www.theaustralian.com.au. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. "Graffiti with PunctuationREVIEW: Lasseter's Bones (Luke Walker - 2012) | Graffiti with Punctuation". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  4. "Lasseter's Bones - A Documentary by Luke Walker - Home". Lassetersbones.com.au. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  5. "'PACmen' Film Review | Hot Docs 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. Schager, Nick (30 January 2017). "Ben Carson's Vacuousness Is on Full Display in a Disturbing New Documentary". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  7. Jim Schembri (18 September 2008). "Beyond Our Ken". The Age. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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