Director Lucy Walker, who recently signed with bicoastal production house Supply & Demand for exclusive worldwide commercial representation, has seen her documentary Waste Land earn an Oscar nomination for best documentary feature. Walker directed Waste Land, along with co-directors Karen Harley and Joao Jardim. The documentary tells the story of Brazilian artist Vik Muniz and recyclable material collectors called catadores, who make their way from Rio de Janeiro, site of the world’s largest garbage dump, to a renowned auction house in London by transforming refuse into contemporary art.
Waste Land premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and went on to win Audience Awards from both Sundance and the Berlin fests. Waste Land is Walker’s fourth film. She also gained acclaim for Countdown to Zero (best documentary nomination in the 2010 International Press Academy Satellite Film Awards), Blindsight (Audience Awards winner at both the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival and the 2006 AFI Film Festival) and Devil’s Playground (Audience Award winner at the 2002 Best Film Sarasota International Film Festival).
Walker’s directing credits additionally include outstanding directing Daytime Emmy-nominated work for Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues.
Walker joins a Supply & Demand directorial roster that also includes Tony Kaye, Jeffery Plansker, Greg Popp, Sean Thonson, Josh Taft, Landis Smithers, Lucy Walker, and Robert Logevall.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More