Dionne Walker

Dionne Walker – Producer/Director, Urban Films

Dionne is BAFTA and BIFA nominated producer, director and Visual Artist. Her theatrically released project, as writer- lead producer, was the critically acclaimed feature-length documentary The Hard Stop (2015). From early stages she perceived the subject crucial for independent cinema and secured funding from Bertha Foundation, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, Brit Doc and British Film Institute. Other documentary projects includes The Fighting Spirit (2007) and One People: The Celebration (2012) as Producer/director. Dionne has also been involved with a number of arts related projects including presenting her work at V&A, British Museum, National Gallery of Jamaica and Museum of Ghana. She has been taking photographs, shooting journalistic footage and curating debate series for over 30 years.