Why is nobody questioning the sanity or suicidal tendencies of Everest ascenders? It's kind of a question of framing: How do you frame these activities? We frame them as freedom-loving, exciting, progressing sports and they are. But there are other… — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
I remember when the Berlin Wall fell and suddenly intractable problems get solved. — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
There are still people who have an issue working with a woman director. Women can be viewed as 'difficult' even though they work in… — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
There's a theory of accidents that I studied when I was making a film about nuclear weapons: you can never eliminate accidents, because the… — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
I think we've reached that point where we understand medically what we are doing to ourselves with these sports. In football, it's kind of… — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
I find titles the hardest thing. I was worried that 'Waste Land' was too much of a downer. For me, 'The Crash Reel' confronts… — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
I can't help seeing 'Waste Land' as the third in a triptych with my earlier films 'Devil's Playground' and 'Blindsight,' and not least in… — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
With portable cameras and affordable data and non-linear digital editing, I think this is a golden age of documentary filmmaking. These new technologies mean… — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But… — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't… — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
The world of extreme sports is also one of big business. Kids might think that snowboarding is the ultimate freedom, but this freedom is… — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
My main trick is to work with amazing people. It's a long and twisty journey, and you need people that really are amazing and… — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
