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Mandy Walker
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Mandy Walker AM
Born	1963 (age 61–62); Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Mandy Walker AM, ACS, ASC (born 1963),^[1] is an Australian cinematographer. She is best known for the films Mulan, Hidden Figures and Elvis, the latter of which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.^[2]^[3] She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.

Life and career

Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, Walker became interested in photography while a student in high school.^[1] After graduation she studied film criticism and cinema studies with John Flaus, who introduced her to several people working in the industry. She apprenticed as an unpaid assistant on several documentaries and music videos before shooting her first feature film, Return Home, at the age of twenty-five.^[1] Additional screen credits include Parklands, The Well, Lantana, Australian Rules, Shattered Glass, and Australia. Her television credits include the Australian Broadcasting Corporation series Raw FM.

Walker has filmed commercials for Nike, Toyota, Caltex, Cingular Wireless, Foxwoods Casino and, most notably, the spot for Chanel No. 5 directed by Baz Luhrmann and featuring Nicole Kidman.

The Australian Cinematographers Society honoured Walker with their Award of Distinction for Parklands and Lantana.^[1] She was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography for The Well, the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Cinematography for The Well and Lantana, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for Shattered Glass.^[1]

Walker was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to film as a cinematographer, and to professional societies" in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[4]

On 4 December 2022, she became the first woman to win a cinematography award at the AACTA Awards, for her work on Elvis.^[5] On 5 March 2023, she became the first woman to win the American Society of Cinematographers Award in the feature film category, also for Elvis.^[6]

Walker presently lives in Santa Monica, California.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director
1990	Return Home	Ray Argall
1992	Eight Ball	Ray Argall
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
2011	Red Riding Hood	Catherine Hardwicke
2013	Tracks	John Curran
2015	Truth	James Vanderbilt
2015	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

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

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	Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts	Best Cinematography	Elvis	Won
	American Society of Cinematographers Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography		Won
	Academy Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	BAFTA Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Mandy Walker ACS ASC". Australian Cinematographers Society. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ Giardina, Carolyn (13 January 2017). "How 'Hidden Figures' Got Its 1960s "Kodachrome Look"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ "Into Battle on Mulan - The American Society of Cinematographers". ascmag.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ "Ms Amanda (Mandy) Joy Walker". It's An Honour. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^ Maddox, Garry (5 December 2022). "'It feels shocking': Glass ceiling smashed at Australian Academy Awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ Giardina, Carolyn (5 March 2023). "Mandy Walker Becomes First Woman to Win American Society of Cinematographers Feature Competition". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

External links

[:0-1] "Mandy Walker ACS ASC". Australian Cinematographers Society. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[HR-hiddenfigures-2] Giardina, Carolyn (13 January 2017). "How 'Hidden Figures' Got Its 1960s "Kodachrome Look"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[ASC-mulan-3] "Into Battle on Mulan - The American Society of Cinematographers". ascmag.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[4] "Ms Amanda (Mandy) Joy Walker". It's An Honour. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[5] Maddox, Garry (5 December 2022). "'It feels shocking': Glass ceiling smashed at Australian Academy Awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[6] Giardina, Carolyn (5 March 2023). "Mandy Walker Becomes First Woman to Win American Society of Cinematographers Feature Competition". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

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