Gary Walkow is an American filmmaker. His first feature, The Trouble With Dick, shared the Grand Prize at the 1987 U.S. Film Festival (later renamed to Sundance).

Early life

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Walkow was born on October 7, 1953, in Houston, Texas. He received a B.A. from Wesleyan College in 1975. After working as an editor for industrial films in Houston, he attended USC film school for a semester, then worked as an editor on low-budget films in Hollywood.

Walkow currently resides in Santa Monica, CA. His still photography is represented by London's Millennium Images.[1]

Filmmaking

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After making several short films (including one, Auto-Mates (1978), that was the subject of an American Cinematographer article about the unusual tracking system designed by cinematographer Tom Frei[2]), Walkow wrote and directed his first feature, The Trouble With Dick, which screened at the 1987 U.S. Film Festival (later renamed to Sundance)[3] and shared the festival's Grand Prize with Jill Godmilow's Waiting for the Moon[4]. His second feature, Notes from Underground (1995), based on the Dostoevsky novella and starring Henry Czerny and Sheryl Lee, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival[5], and won the Annual Land Grant Prize at the Taos Talking Pictures festival[6]. Walkow's third feature, Beat (2000)[7], was shot in Mexico, and starred Kiefer Sutherland and Courtney Love as William and Joan Burroughs[8][9]. It was released in the U.S. by Lion's Gate.

Walkow's 2009 film Callers was released in 2011 as Ghost Phone: Phone Calls from the Dead, partially re-shot and re-edited, and with direction credited to producer Jeffrey F. Jackson.

In 2017, Walkow made his first feature documentary, Chasing Flavor, about a World Barista Championship competition.

Filmography

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Year Film Notes
1973 A Futile Attempt to Escape from the Middle Class short; completed 2019
1974 A Voyeur short
1975 The Continuous Victim short
1976 Rite of Passage short
1978 Auto-Mates short
1983 The Wedding Dice short
1983 Mojave Exodus short documentary
1987 The Trouble with Dick
1987 "Sledge Hammer!: Wild About Hammer" TV episode
1987 "Sledge Hammer!: Hammeroid" TV episode
1987 "Sledge Hammer!: Sledge in Toyland" TV episode
1991 "They Came from Outer Space: High Five" TV episode
1991 "They Came from Outer Space: Double Jeopardy" TV episode
1991 "She-Wolf of London: Eclipse" TV episode
1995 Notes from Underground
2000 Beat
2003 Sleep II short
2004 Love Machine 4.0 unfinished
2007 Crashing
2009 Callers released in 2011 as Ghost Phone: Phone Calls from the Dead, with direction credited to Jeffrey F. Jackson
2014 Radio Mary
2015 Caffiend also known as The Trouble with Dot & Harry
2016 Be My Baby unreleased
2017 The Trick Is Existing short documentary
2017 Chasing Flavor documentary
2018 Existential Risk documentary
2020 Keep on Truckin' short
2021 Notes from Underground II
2024 Lars Shrike Walks the Night unreleased

References

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  1. ^ "Gary Walkow | Search Results | Milim Library". library.milim.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  2. ^ Frei, Tom (August 1979). "Tracking Shots Inside a Moving Automobile". American Cinematographer. 60 (8).
  3. ^ "Festival History - sundance.org". 1985. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  4. ^ "Sundance Grand Jury Prize-Winners Through the Years". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  5. ^ Levy, Emanuel (1995-10-02). "Notes from Underground". Variety. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  6. ^ "Judges Announced". www.taoslandandfilm.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  7. ^ "Beat". www.panix.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  8. ^ ""Dream Science" – A taster from Iain's forthcoming book (American Smoke) featuring William Burroughs (plus photos) | Iain Sinclair". www.iainsinclair.org.uk. 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  9. ^ "Sight & Sound (inc. Monthly Film Bulletin) - November 2013". reader.exacteditions.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
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