John Charles Walker (born July 5, 1952 in

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) is a

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filmmaker and cinematographer.John Walker
at

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. His film '' Strand: Under the Dark Cloth'' won the

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for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the

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in 1990, and he won

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s in 1992 for ''Leningradskaya: The Hand of Stalin'' and 1996 for '' Utshimassits: Place of the Boss''. He was also a Genie Award nominee for

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at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989 for ''

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'', a collective film that he codirected and coproduced with

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, Aerlyn Weissman and John Frizzell, and his film '' The Fairy Faith'' was a nominee for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the 21st Genie Awards in 2001. His other films have included ''Chambers: Tracks and Gestures'', ''Distress Signals'', ''

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'', '' Utshimassits: Place of the Boss'', ''God's Dominion: Shepherds to the Flock'', ''

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'', ''

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,'' ''Quebec My Country Mon Pays'' and '' Assholes: A Theory''. In 2011 he was a participant in the

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, Sophie Trudeau and

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on a short film about

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."The parks are alive with the sound of indie music". ''

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'', May 20, 2011. He was a founding member of the

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