Person
Nelson Walker III
Camera
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.
Known for

The Reverend
Cinematography

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Director of Photography

Lumo
Director

Watchers of the Sky
Director of Photography

Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better Meat
Director of Photography

Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue
Cinematography

The Secret of Trees
Assistant Camera

Down a Dark Stairwell
Camera Operator
Filmography
- 2024Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit IssueCinematography
- 2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVDirector of Photography
- 2022The ReverendCinematography
- 2020Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better MeatDirector of Photography
- 2020Down a Dark StairwellCamera Operator
- 2014Watchers of the SkyDirector of Photography
- 2013The Secret of TreesAssistant Camera
- 2007LumoDirector
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