Giles Walker (January 17, 1946 - March 23, 2020) was a Scottish-born
Canadian film director.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 Canadian
National Film Board 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 â€" 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.
Canadian film director.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 Canadian
National Film Board 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 â€" 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.
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