Michael Walker (filmmaker) explained

Michael Walker (born 1967) is an American filmmaker. He has written and directed four feature films, including Chasing Sleep, starring Jeff Daniels and Price Check, starring Parker Posey. His films have premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival.[1] [2]

Biography

Walker graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 1989. He also attended Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Los Angeles.[3] He moved to Seattle where he made his first short film, Pie Eater, which premiered at the Hamptons Film Festival in 1995.[4] He currently lives in New York City.[5] His latest film, Paint, is released in the USA on December 15, 2020.[6]

Filmography

Short film

YearTitleDirectorWriterRef.
1995Pie Eater
1997Letters at Midnight

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorWriterRef.
2000Chasing Sleep
2012Price Check
2013The Maid's Room
2017Cut Shoot Kill[7]
2020Paint[8]

TV movie

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chasing Sleep. McCarthy. Todd. 2000-09-20. Variety. 2019-02-10.
  2. Web site: Price Check. Anderson. John. 2012-01-26. Variety. 2019-02-10.
  3. Web site: A Conversation with Price Check Director Michael Walker on Casting Parker Posey, Supermarket Secrets, and Film School . Motion Picture Association of America . 2019-02-10.
  4. Web site: Home Alone In the Hamptons . The East Hampton Star . 2019-02-10.
  5. Web site: ABOUT pango films michael walker price check film. pangofilms. 2019-02-10.
  6. Web site: Michael Walker's Dark Comedy 'Paint' Lands at Gravitas Ventures (Exclusive) Hollywood Reporter. 2020-11-09. www.hollywoodreporter.com. 10 September 2020 .
  7. Web site: Cut Shoot Kill . Amazon.com . 2019-04-01.
  8. Web site: Michael Walker's Dark Comedy 'Paint' Lands at Gravitas Ventures (Exclusive). 2020-11-09. The Hollywood Reporter. 10 September 2020 .
  9. Web site: 'Halfway There' and 'Paint': TV Review Sundance 2018. The Hollywood Reporter. 23 January 2018 . 2019-04-01.