Grad Film alum Lucy Walker receives 2024 DOC NYC Excellence Award

Friday, Dec 13, 2024

Lucy Walker (Courtesy of DOC NYC)

Lucy Walker (Courtesy of DOC NYC)

Grad Film alum and Oscar nominated director Lucy Walker received the Robert & Anne Drew Award for Documentary Excellence at the 2024 DOC NYC Visionaries Tribute.

"Lucy Walker has deftly used observational cinema throughout her work, exemplified by her latest film Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa that tells a multi-layered story of personal struggle against an epic backdrop. Walker’s previous documentaries include Bring Your Own Brigade on forest fires; The Crash Reel on extreme sports and brain injuries; The Waste Land set in a Brazilian garbage dump; Blindsight about blind climbers on Mount Everest; and The Devil’s Playground about Amish teenagers undergoing a rite of passage."

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