Nelson Walker III

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Nelson Walker III

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

Camera

2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

as Director of Photography

2020
Down a Dark Stairwell

as Camera Operator

2014
Watchers of the Sky

as Director of Photography

2013
The Secret of Trees

as Assistant Camera

Crew

2022
The Reverend

as Cinematography

Director

2007
Lumo

as Director