Lucas Guilkey is a documentary filmmaker and journalist based in Oakland, California. Alongside
JoeBill Muñoz, he directed and produced THE STRIKE, a film about the Pelican Bay
hunger strikes against indefinite solitary confinement, which received strong reviews from
The New York Times, LA Times, and NPR and is now broadcast and
streaming nationally on Independent Lens (PBS). He recently was story producer on
AFTERSHOCK, a Peabody and Dupont-winning, Emmy-nominated feature documentary about the
U.S. maternal health crisis that debuted at Sundance and is now streaming on Hulu. Before that
he directed WHAT HAPPENED TO DUJUAN ARMSTRONG?, a short documentary about the coverup of
a young man’s death in county jail, which was awarded the best documentary at the BAFTA student
film awards. He is a student of decolonization, challenging white supremacy, and social
movements from below. A lifelong resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, when he's not working as an independent documentary producer, you can
find him on a dance floor or the nearest body of water.
Recognitions & Fellowships
* Sundance Documentary Film Program Producers Summit
* SFFILM FilmHouse Resident
* Best Documentary: Hot Docs Student Choice Awards, San Quentin Film Festival, Cine Las Americas Film Festival, Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival, Santa Fe International Film Festival, Houston Latino Film Festival
* Imagen Awards: Best Documentary nominee
* newPort Film Cinematography Lab
* UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program Fellow
* BAFTA Student Film Awards: Best Documentary Film
* Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA): Best Short Film Finalist
* UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Northgate Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking
News
New York Times | ‘The Strike’: When Collective Action Leads to Prison Reform
NPR “Here and Now” | 'The Strike' documentary tells of incarcerated peoples' protest against solitary confinement
LA Times | A mass hunger strike transformed solitary confinement in California prisons. This documentary captures the fight
Documentary Magazine | “How Social Change Happens From Below”: Lucas Guilkey and JoeBill Muñoz Discuss ‘The Strike’
Consulting
I also offer consulting services on documentary filmmaking, video for social media, storytelling and story structure, producing strategy, reporting and research, on-camera delivery, and more.
Contact: lwguilkey at gmail dot com
©Lucas Guilkey