Director

Nelson Walker III

Camera

Career Snapshot

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Directed credits

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Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.6

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 1039271

IMDb ID: nm1868595

Known for: Camera

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2007 - 2024

Years active: 18

Wikidata: Q114080334

Frequent jobs

Director of Photography (3)Director (1)Cinematography (2)Assistant Camera (1)Camera Operator (1)

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Biography

Nelson Walker graduated from Brown University before receiving his MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University. His first film, iThemba | Hope, made in collaboration with Keefe Murren, was about an HIV+ choir from South Africa and aired on Sundance Channel. Nelson's cinematography has appeared in many highly lauded projects including The Fight (Edgeline Films), Chef Flynn (Dir. Cameron Yates), Dior and I (Dir. Frédéric Tcheng), Making a Murderer (Netflix), Iris (Maysles Films), Watchers of the Sky (Propeller Films), and The Gates (HBO). He serves as Chairman of the board of Maysles Documentary Center.

Movies