Walker George Films
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Founded in 2005 by Stephen Walker
and Sally George, Walker George Films is a production company producing films for British television, including BBC
, ITV
and Channel 4
.
Stephen Walker
has directed around 14 films, and was voted in the top 10 directors in the UK in Broadcast Magazine in 2007. Sally George has directed or produced around 12 films, including The Human Face with John Cleese, which was nominated for two Emmy awards.
Two of their documentaries have followed the life of Alex Stobbs
, who suffers from cystic fibrosis
. The first, A Boy Called Alex, was broadcast in 2008, and the second, Alex: A Passion for Life (2009), followed Alex's first year as a chorister at King's College, Cambridge
as he prepared to conduct Bach's St Matthew Passion in April 2009.
The company's first film, Young @ Heart, was released in April 2008 and documents the Young at Heart Chorus as they deal with deteriorating health but perform music that might be unexpected for their age. The film has won numerous awards, including “Best International Feature” at the Los Angeles Film Festival 2007.
Stephen Walker (filmmaker)
Stephen Walker is a British filmmaker and director primarily known in the UK for his TV documentaries. He has directed around 14 films, and was voted in the top 10 directors in the UK in Broadcast Magazine in 2007....
and Sally George, Walker George Films is a production company producing films for British television, including BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
and Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
.
Stephen Walker
Stephen Walker (filmmaker)
Stephen Walker is a British filmmaker and director primarily known in the UK for his TV documentaries. He has directed around 14 films, and was voted in the top 10 directors in the UK in Broadcast Magazine in 2007....
has directed around 14 films, and was voted in the top 10 directors in the UK in Broadcast Magazine in 2007. Sally George has directed or produced around 12 films, including The Human Face with John Cleese, which was nominated for two Emmy awards.
Two of their documentaries have followed the life of Alex Stobbs
Alex Stobbs
Alexander 'Alex' Brett Stobbs , is a British musician with cystic fibrosis who was the subject of the Channel 4 Cutting Edge documentary A Boy Called Alex in 2008 and its sequel, Alex: A Passion for Life in 2009, also broadcast on Channel 4.-Early life:After an early education as an academic and...
, who suffers from cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is a recessive genetic disease affecting most critically the lungs, and also the pancreas, liver, and intestine...
. The first, A Boy Called Alex, was broadcast in 2008, and the second, Alex: A Passion for Life (2009), followed Alex's first year as a chorister at King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
as he prepared to conduct Bach's St Matthew Passion in April 2009.
The company's first film, Young @ Heart, was released in April 2008 and documents the Young at Heart Chorus as they deal with deteriorating health but perform music that might be unexpected for their age. The film has won numerous awards, including “Best International Feature” at the Los Angeles Film Festival 2007.