Lucas Guilkey is documentary filmmaker and journalist 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 premiered in 2024 at Hot Docs. He recently was story producer on AFTERSHOCK, a feature documentary about the U.S. maternal health crisis that debuted at Sundance in 2022 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. In addition to working as an independent documentary producer, you can also find him on a dance floor or the nearest body of water.
Recognitions & Fellowships
Sundance Documentary Film Program Producers Summit (2021)
SFFILM FilmHouse Resident (2021-2022)
newPort Film Inaugural Cinematography Lab (2019)
UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program Fellow (2019-2020)
BAFTA Student Film Awards: Best Documentary Film (2020)
Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA): Finalist for Best Short Film (2020)
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Northgate Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking (2019)
Contact: lwguilkey at gmail dot com
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