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Alton Walpole(I)

  • Production Manager
  • Producer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Alton Walpole
Alton Walpole is an eclectic filmmaker with more than 30 years of experience as an editor, cinematographer and producer. For the past ten years he has been working primarily as a Unit Production Manager.

As an editor he translated archetypal and contemporary images into the cinema experiences of "Koyaanisqatsi" and "Powaqqatsi". In the 1990's he was the supervising producer of "Baraka" and coordinated the international travel and location access.

He also was the supervising producer on "Passion in the Desert" working with leopards and "Hand of Fate", a feature-length documentary about clairvoyants around the globe.

Alton co-produced the independent feature "The Tao of Steve" with Good Machine and produced the feature film "Soundman".

His credits as a UPM include "Blind Horizon", "Unspeakable", "Rx", The Horror Chronicles ("Buried Alive", "Organizm" and "Undead or Alive"), "Intervention", "Afterwards" and "The Burrowers".

Recently he was the Unit Production Manager on "The Spirit", "Crazy Heart" and "The Book of Eli".

Alton Walpole is a member of the Directors Guild of America and resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he is the owner of Mountainair Films Inc.
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    Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli (2010)
    The Book of Eli
    6.8
    • Production Management
    • 2010
    Michelle Dockery in Godless (2017)
    Godless
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Production Management
    Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart (2009)
    Crazy Heart
    7.2
    • Production Management
    • 2009
    Baraka (1992)
    Baraka
    8.5
    • Producer
    • 1992

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    Production Management



    • Mary Margaret Road Grader (2024)
      Mary Margaret Road Grader
      7.4
      Short
      • unit production manager
      • 2024
    • Anne Heche, Mike Vogel, Tate Ellington, Demetrius Grosse, Sofia Pernas, Noah Mills, Hadi Tabbal, and Natacha Karam in The Brave (2017)
      The Brave
      7.5
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2017–2018
    • Michelle Dockery in Godless (2017)
      Godless
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2017
    • Midnight, Texas (2017)
      Midnight, Texas
      7.3
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2017
    • Ethan Hawke, Denzel Washington, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Chris Pratt, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Martin Sensmeier in The Magnificent Seven (2016)
      The Magnificent Seven
      6.9
      • unit production manager-new mexico
      • 2016
    • Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Peña in War on Everyone (2016)
      War on Everyone
      5.8
      • unit manager
      • 2016
    • Natalie Portman and Joel Edgerton in Jane Got a Gun (2015)
      Jane Got a Gun
      5.9
      • unit production manager
      • 2015
    • Dig (2015)
      Dig
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2015
    • Michael Douglas in Beyond the Reach (2014)
      Beyond the Reach
      5.6
      • unit production manager
      • 2014
    • Ashton Kutcher in Jobs (2013)
      Jobs
      6.0
      • unit production manager
      • 2013
    • Lou Diamond Phillips, Katee Sackhoff, Robert Taylor, Cassidy Freeman, and Adam Bartley in Longmire (2012)
      Longmire
      8.3
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2012
    • Rachel Nichols and Jackson Hurst in A Bird of the Air (2011)
      A Bird of the Air
      6.6
      • unit production manager
      • 2011
    • Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli (2010)
      The Book of Eli
      6.8
      • unit production manager
      • 2010
    • Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart (2009)
      Crazy Heart
      7.2
      • unit production manager
      • 2009
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht, and Eva Mendes in The Spirit (2008)
      The Spirit
      4.8
      • unit production manager
      • 2008

    Producer



    • Michael Douglas in Beyond the Reach (2014)
      Beyond the Reach
      5.6
      • line producer
      • 2014
    • Ashton Kutcher in Jobs (2013)
      Jobs
      6.0
      • line producer
      • 2013
    • Lou Diamond Phillips, Katee Sackhoff, Robert Taylor, Cassidy Freeman, and Adam Bartley in Longmire (2012)
      Longmire
      8.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Rachel Nichols and Jackson Hurst in A Bird of the Air (2011)
      A Bird of the Air
      6.6
      • line producer
      • 2011
    • Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart (2009)
      Crazy Heart
      7.2
      • line producer
      • 2009
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht, and Eva Mendes in The Spirit (2008)
      The Spirit
      4.8
      • line producer
      • 2008
    • The Burrowers (2008)
      The Burrowers
      5.7
      • line producer
      • 2008
    • John Malkovich and Evangeline Lilly in Afterwards (2008)
      Afterwards
      5.7
      • line producer: New Mexico
      • 2008
    • Living Hell (2008)
      Living Hell
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • line producer
      • 2008
    • Christian Slater, Brian Geraghty, and Jenna Dewan in Love Lies Bleeding (2008)
      Love Lies Bleeding
      5.6
      Video
      • line producer
      • 2008
    • Buried Alive (2007)
      Buried Alive
      3.9
      • line producer
      • 2007
    • Tortilla Heaven (2007)
      Tortilla Heaven
      5.3
      • line producer
      • 2007
    • The Far Side of Jericho (2006)
      The Far Side of Jericho
      4.4
      • line producer
      • 2006
    • Cinderellas of Sante Fe (2006)
      Cinderellas of Sante Fe
      6.7
      • supervising producer
      • 2006
    • Rx (2005)
      Rx
      5.4
      • line producer
      • 2005

    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Learning Curve (1990)
      Learning Curve
      6.0
      • camera operator: New Mexico crew
      • 1990
    • Chronos (1985)
      Chronos
      7.7
      Short
      • assistant camera
      • 1985
    • Dennis Christopher in Fade to Black (1980)
      Fade to Black
      6.1
      • electrician
      • 1980
    • Shoot the Sun Down (1978)
      Shoot the Sun Down
      4.7
      • grip
      • 1978
    • Blue Sunshine (1977)
      Blue Sunshine
      5.9
      • key grip
      • 1977

    Production Department



    • Saige Paints the Sky (2013)
      Saige Paints the Sky
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • production services: USA
      • 2013

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