John Walker (filmmaker)

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John Charles Walker (born July 5, 1952 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian filmmaker and cinematographer. His documentary Strand: Under the Dark Cloth won the Genie Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the 1990 Genie Awards. He also won Gemini Awards in 1992 for Leningradskaya: The Hand of Stalin and in 1996 for Utshimassits: Place of the Boss. He was nominated for Best Director at the 1989 Genie Awards for A Winter Tan, a collaborative film he co-directed and co-produced. The Fairy Faith was nominated for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the 2001 Genie Awards. His other films include Chambers: Tracks and Gestures, Distress Signals, Calling the Shots, God's Dominion: Shepherds to the Flock, Men of the Deeps, Passage, Quebec My Country Mon Pays and Assholes: A Theory. In 2011 he participated in the National Parks Project, making a short film about Prince Edward Island National Park with musicians Chad Ross, Sophie Trudeau and Dale Morningstar. He was a founding member of the Documentary Organization of Canada.