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John Charles Walker (born July 5, 1952 in
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) is a
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filmmaker and cinematographer.John Walker
at
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His film '' Strand: Under the Dark Cloth'' won the
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for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990, and he won
Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's English-language television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in t ...
s in 1992 for ''Leningradskaya: The Hand of Stalin'' and 1996 for '' Utshimassits: Place of the Boss''. He was also a Genie Award nominee for Best Director at the
10th Genie Awards The 10th Genie Awards were held on March 22, 1989 to honour achievements of Canadian films which were released in 1988."Dead Ringers tops at Genies". ''Montreal Gazette'', March 23, 1989. The event was held at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in T ...
in 1989 for ''
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'', a collective film that he codirected and coproduced with
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,
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and John Frizzell, and his film '' The Fairy Faith'' was a nominee for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the 21st Genie Awards in 2001. His other films have included ''Chambers: Tracks and Gestures'', ''Distress Signals'', '' Calling the Shots'', '' Utshimassits: Place of the Boss'', ''God's Dominion: Shepherds to the Flock'', '' Men of the Deeps'', '' Passage,'' ''Quebec My Country Mon Pays'' and '' Assholes: A Theory''. In 2011 he was a participant in the
National Parks Project The National Parks Project is a Canadian music and film project. Released in 2011 to mark the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Parks of Canada system,Chad Ross, Sophie Trudeau and Dale Morningstar on a short film about Prince Edward Island National Park."The parks are alive with the sound of indie music". ''
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'', May 20, 2011.
He was a founding member of the Documentary Organization of Canada.


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John Walker Productions
1952 births Artists from Montreal Canadian documentary film directors Canadian cinematographers Film directors from Montreal Living people Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Documentary Film Canadian Film Centre alumni Film producers from Quebec Canadian Screen Award winning cinematographers {{Canada-film-director-stub