John Walker is one of Canada's finest director/cinematographers working in the documentary genre, and his films have won international acclaim. From his fiction film collaboration, A Winter Tan, described by a "Globe and Mail" critic as "unlike any other film anywhere" to his personal exploration of myth and imagination in The Fairy Faith, Walker defies conventional subjects and approaches. With his provocative film Passage he challenged the form with a complex mix of fiction and documentary - Martin Knelman of The Toronto Star wrote "One of the great triumphs in Canadian documentary film history." With his latest, A Drummer's Dream, Walker delivers a film that lifts you into another dimension of pure joy and exhilaration. John began his career in 1970 as a photographer in Montreal, Quebec. His photographs were published, collected and exhibited internationally. In 1975 he began working as a cinematographer and in 1981 he was awarded full membership in the Canadian Society of Cinematographers. His directorial debut was in 1982 with Chamber - Tracks & Gestures. The biography of artist and avant-garde filmmaker 'Jack Chambers . Walker has conducted master classes across the country and has mentored numerous emerging filmmakers. He has also served as guest programmer for the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
Attended High School at Elgin High School in Elgin, Illinois and graduated Class of 1974.
Works for Area 51 Productions.
