2023Nominee
Best Director
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Nelson Walker III
Director
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.
Photo
Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2022Winner
Career Highlight
The Reverend
2007Nominee
Best Director
Lumo
Career Highlights
2024Highlight
Career Highlight
Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue
2013Highlight
Career Highlight
The Secret of Trees
Video
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue
Watchers of the Sky