Director

Luke Lorentzen

Directing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 1All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 1571798

IMDb ID: nm6141995

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1993

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2015 - 2025

Years active: 11

Average TMDB rating: 7.01

Wikidata: Q114913707

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Biography

Luke Lorentzen (born 1993) is an American Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and a graduate of Stanford University's department of Art and Art History. His most recent film, Midnight Family, tells the story of a family-run ambulance business in Mexico City. The film has won over 35 awards from film festivals and organizations around the world including a Special Jury Award for Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival, Best Editing from the International Documentary Association, and the Golden Frog for Best Documentary from Camerimage. Midnight Family was shortlisted for the 2020 Best Documentary Oscar and was a New York Times ‘Critics’ Pick’. Luke’s other work as a director and cinematographer includes the Netflix original series, Last Chance U, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Serialized Sports Documentary. With Kellen Quinn, Luke is a co-founder of Hedgehog Films.