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.
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Cinematography
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV 2023
Director of Photography
The Reverend 2022
Cinematography
Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better Meat 2020
Director of Photography
Down a Dark Stairwell 2020
Camera Operator
Watchers of the Sky 2014
Director of Photography
The Secret of Trees 2013
Assistant Camera
Lumo 2007
Director
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