By Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail
John Walker was interviewed for The Globe and Mail’s oral history of Hot Docs.
“The concept evolved out of trying to simply support each other’s work, to exhibit it to the public, to have an awards show. We worked on the premise that Canadian audiences in particular wanted documentaries, and that we were pretty good at making them.” – John Walker
John Walker on hand to receive the 2018 Masters Award at the Canadian Society of Cinematographers 61st annual awards gala in Toronto.
John Walker was recently awarded at the Canadian Society of Cinematographers 61st annual awards gala with the 2018 Masters Award. This award recognizes the recipient’s outstanding contribution to the art of cinematography.
The award gala, held this year in Toronto, celebrates Canadian cinematographers for their exceptional talent and contributions to Canadian cinematography. John Walker has received many awards over his career from the Canadian Society of Cinematographers, including Best Documentary Photography for Chambers Tracks & Gestures and Men of the Deeps.
Hot Docs will pay tribute to filmmaker John Walker with this year’s Focus On retrospective, an annual program showcasing the work of a significant Canadian filmmaker. Hot Docs will screen a selection of Walker’s films in the Focus On program during the 25th annual Festival, April 26 to May 6, 2018.
Film to be screened are as follows…
Hot Docs will pay tribute to filmmaker John Walker with this year’s Focus On retrospective, an annual program showcasing the work of a significant Canadian filmmaker. Hot Docs will screen a selection of Walker’s films in the Focus On program during the 25th annual Festival, April 26 to May 6, 2018.
By Marc Glassman, POV Montreal, Issue 73, Spring 2009
The director-cinematographer-writer discusses his innovative doc, “Passage.”
By Marc Glassman, POV Montreal, Issue 72, Winter 2008
Director, cinematographer and writer John Walker—the complete documentarian—talks candidly about his career.
By Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Filmmaker and former Montrealer John Walker discusses his film, Quebec My Country Mon Pays, and the hundreds of thousands of English Montrealers who reluctantly felt they had to leave Quebec.
With Laura Casella, Global News Morning Montreal
Director John Walker joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about his latest movie, Québec My Country Mon Pays.
Listen to an interview with John Walker, the maker of Quebec My Country, Mon Pays which was screened at La Cinematheque Quebecoise de Montreal on Monday, 19th. He discussed his personal history and the Quebec’s Quiet Revolution which took place in the 1960’s and unleashed cultural and political changes that lead to the separatist movement and the FLQ crisis.
By Pat Mullen