Giles Walker (January 17, 1946 – March 23, 2020) was a Scottish-born Canadian film director.
Biography Giles Walker, born in 1946 in Dundee, Scotland, received a B.A. from the University of New Brunswick and an M.A. from Stanford University Film School in 1972. He joined the National Film Board of Canada soon after, directing documentaries, then switching to dramas in 1977. Bravery in the Field was nominated for a live-action short Oscar in 1979. The Masculine Mystique (directed with John N. Smith), the first of a trio of NFB movies dealing with issues of gender relations, showed Walker's experimental side, working with non-professional actors and the technique of improvisation. The two other films in the series, however, moved closer to an easy, palatable Hollywood style – successfully in 90 Days but less so in The Last Straw. Perhaps Walker's most successful fictional work is Princes in Exile, a film about a summer camp for children with cancer, notable for delicate treatment of the subject and a moving lack of sentimentality. Walker died in March 2020 after a 10-year battle with brain cancer.
Partial filmography Short film Year Title Director Writer1979 Bravery in the Field Twice Upon a Time...
Feature film Year Title Director Writer Producer 1984 The Masculine Mystique 1985 90 Days 1987 The Last Straw 1990 Princes in Exile 1993 Ordinary Magic 1996 Never Too Late 2001 Blind Terror
Television Year Title Notes 1999 Little Men 1 episode 2001 Tales from the Neverending Story 2 episodes 2004 Fries with That? 11 episodes 2007 Doctor*Ology 2 episodes
References
External links
Films by Giles Walker at the National Film Board of Canada
See also List of Bishop's College School alumni