Mandy Walker
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Mandy Walker | |
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| Born | 1963 (age 60–61) |
Mandy WalkerAM,ACS,ASC,(born 1963)[1]is an Australiancinematographer.She is best known for the filmsMulan,Hidden FiguresandElvis,the latter of which earned her anAcademy Awardnomination forBest Cinematography.[2][3]She was appointed aMember of the Order of Australiain the2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Life and career
[edit]Born and raised inMelbourne,Victoria,Walker became interested inphotographywhile a student in high school.[1]After graduation she studied film criticism and cinema studies withJohn Flaus,who introduced her to several people working in the industry. Sheapprenticedas an unpaid assistant on severaldocumentariesandmusic videosbefore shooting her firstfeature film,Return Home,at the age of twenty-five.[1]Additional screen credits includeParklands,The Well,Lantana,Australian Rules,Shattered Glass,andAustralia.Hertelevisioncredits include theAustralian Broadcasting CorporationseriesRaw FM.
Walker has filmed commercials forNike,Toyota,Caltex,Cingular Wireless,Foxwoods Casinoand, most notably, the spot forChanel No. 5directed byBaz Luhrmannand featuringNicole Kidman.
The Australian Cinematographers Society honoured Walker with their Award of Distinction forParklandsandLantana.[1]She was nominated for theAustralian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in CinematographyforThe Well,theFilm Critics Circle of AustraliaAward for Best Cinematography forThe WellandLantana,and theIndependent Spirit Awardfor Best Cinematography forShattered Glass.[1]
Walker was appointed aMember of the Order of Australiafor "significant service to film as a cinematographer, and to professional societies" in the2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.[4]
On 4 December 2022, she became the first woman to win a cinematography award at theAACTA Awards,for her work onElvis.[5]On 5 March 2023, she became the first woman to win theAmerican Society of Cinematographers Awardin the feature film category, also forElvis.[6]
Walker presently lives inSanta Monica, California.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Director |
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| 1990 | Return Home | Ray Argall |
| 1992 | Eight Ball | |
| 1996 | Parklands | Kathryn Millard |
| Love Serenade | Shirley Barrett | |
| Life | Lawrence Johnston | |
| 1997 | The Well | Samantha Lang |
| 2000 | Walk the Talk | Shirley Barrett |
| 2001 | Lantana | Ray Lawrence |
| 2002 | Australian Rules | Paul Goldman |
| 2003 | Shattered Glass | Billy Ray |
| 2008 | Australia | Baz Luhrmann |
| 2011 | Beastly | Daniel Barnz |
| Red Riding Hood | Catherine Hardwicke | |
| 2013 | Tracks | John Curran |
| 2015 | Truth | James Vanderbilt |
| Jane Got a Gun | Gavin O'Connor | |
| 2016 | Hidden Figures | Theodore Melfi |
| 2017 | The Mountain Between Us | Hany Abu-Assad |
| 2020 | Mulan | Niki Caro |
| 2022 | Elvis | Baz Luhrmann |
| 2025 | Snow White | Marc Webb |
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | As the Mirror Burns | Di Bretherton Cristina Pozzan |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Everyman | Cherie Nowlan | Episode "God's Girls: Stories from an Australian Convent" |
| 1996 | Naked: Stories of Men | Geoffrey Wright | Episode "A Fallen Woman" |
| 1997 | Raw FM | ||
| 2023 | Faraway Downs | Baz Luhrmann | Miniseries |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Gilded Lilys | Brian Kirk |
| 2014 | Only Human | Gavin O'Connor |
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts | Best Cinematography | The Well | Nominated |
| 2008 | Satellite Awards | Best Cinematography | Australia | Won |
| 2013 | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts | Best Cinematography | Tracks | Nominated |
| 2022 | Elvis | Won | ||
| American Society of Cinematographers Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Won | ||
| Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | Nominated | ||
| BAFTA Awards | Best Cinematography | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^abcde"Mandy Walker ACS ASC".Australian Cinematographers Society.Archived fromthe originalon 20 April 2020.Retrieved19 September2020.
- ^"Into Battle on Mulan - The American Society of Cinematographers".ascmag.com.Retrieved30 November2021.
- ^"Ms Amanda (Mandy) Joy Walker".It's An Honour.Retrieved13 June2021.
- ^Maddox, Garry (5 December 2022)."'It feels shocking': Glass ceiling smashed at Australian Academy Awards ".The Sydney Morning Herald.Retrieved7 December2022.
- ^Giardina, Carolyn (5 March 2023)."Mandy Walker Becomes First Woman to Win American Society of Cinematographers Feature Competition".The Hollywood Reporter.Retrieved6 March2023.
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