- Jamie Walker is an award-winning Director/Writer who was recently selected by the Academy of Motion Pictures to serve on the leadership board for Gold Rising, an initiative spearheaded by Bettina Fisher to promote and provide access in the film industry for diverse filmmakers. A graduate of USC's M.F.A. Program in Directing, where she was funded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, Jamie also has a graduate degree from Howard University, where she received a full ride. Originally from Oakland, CA, Jamie has over 15 years of experience in the film industry and primarily specializes in scripted TV and narrative features (drama, rom com, romantic drama, comedy, and family). She has directed both single cam and multicam. She has also taught directing on the college level for over 10 years. Her long term goal is to direct original content for episodic TV and to helm inspiring stories about leading women and marginalized characters with depth and agency who have triumphed over adversity.
Walker has received Directing fellowships from The Blackhouse Foundation at Sundance, Facebook SEEN's Emerging Director Program, The Academy of Motion Pictures, and The George Lucas Family Foundation. Her short film "Oscar Micheaux" that she wrote and directed screened at Cannes (Short Film Corner) and won "Best Short" at The African American Film Festival. Another short that she wrote and directed, "Sandra: Say Her Name" won "Best Short" at the Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival. Her shorts have screened at numerous film festivals. Walker worked at AMPAS for Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting and The Student Academy Awards. She has also worked at Buzz Feed, helping to manage over 20 commercials weekly.
Some of her clients include Disney Plus, HBO Max, Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network, Wayfarer Entertainment, Lifetime, ESPN, Pepsi, Kroger, Nationwide, and more. Originally from Oakland, she resides in Los Angeles and has worked with Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures), Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther), Tessa Thompson (Dear White People/Passing), Lin Miranda (Hamilton), Andre Holland (Moonlight), Adepero Odune (12 Years a Slave), Janelle Mona'e, Tiffany Haddish, J Lo, and Jill Scott, to name a few.
Jamie is a member of the Alliance of Women Directors, Film Fatales, Women in Media, Women in Film, Academy Gold, JTC Women Unite, and the PGA. She has worked for Disney Plus, ESPN, Lifetime, Array, HGTV and several other companies. She is one of the founding members of Rachel Raimist's "Saturday Sessions" and has participated in Directing workshops with Bola Ogun, Joel Zwick (Disney), Tessa Blake (ABC), Rachel Raimist (CW Network), Andy Cadiff (CBS), Eva McKenna (CW Network) and Jenn Page (Heart on Fire Productions).- IMDb Mini Biography By: J.D. Walker
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- JD Walker's feature script for "The Postwoman" is in competition at the Hollywood Black Film Festival (October 25-28, 2012), where it moved to the Semi-Finalist category.
- JD Walker's feature script for The Postwoman earns Honorable Mention in the 2013 Sundance Table Read My Screenplay Contest.
- JD Walker is the winner of the Sundance Film Festival Pitching Contest (2013).
- Walker studied with screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard (Ali, Remember the Titans) and poet Sonia Sanchez at Howard University.
- Walker completed a documentary fellowship via Camille O. Cosby and Renee Poussaint's National Visionary Heritage Fellowship Program in Washington, D.C. Her work produced in the fellowship is now archived at the Smithsonian and featured in a book called "A Wealth of Wisdom: Legendary African Americans Speak" (Atria Books 2004).
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