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Edit pageMandy Walker
Biography
Mandy Walker AM, ACS, ASC, (born 1963) is an Australian cinematographer who has been Director of Photography on major Hollywood films including Mulan, Hidden Figures and Elvis, the latter of which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.
She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.
The Australian Cinematographers Society honoured Walker with their Award of Distinction for Parklands and Lantana.
She was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography for The Well, the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Cinematography for The Well and Lantana, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for Shattered Glass.
Walker was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to film as a cinematographer, and to professional societies" in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.
On 4 December 2022, she became the first woman to win a cinematography award at the AACTA Awards, for her work on Elvis.
On 5 March 2023, she became the first woman to win the American Society of Cinematographers Award in the feature film category, also for Elvis.
Walker presently lives in Santa Monica, California.
