Commitment to the Creative Life
What does it mean to be committed to the creative life? How might the crafts of film, theater and animation reflect one’s deepest commitments? And how might they shape one's inner life? Join us for a discussion with Pixar producer JW Walker and actor, writer, and director Pamela Walker on what the crafts of theater, film, and animation teach us about how we ought to live.
This event is open to the general public.
Date: Friday, November 4th
Time: 5:30-7:00PM
Location: 2134 Allston Way, 2nd Floor
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John Walker
A producer of live theater and film, John started his career at the Tony-Award-winning Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, where he produced over thirty new plays. Walker was President of The League of Chicago Theaters for three years, before moving his career into film. He was Associate Producer at Warner Bros. for The Iron Giant and Osmosis Jones. He also produced the Academy-Award-winning The Incredibles for Pixar and served as Executive Producer for Disney’s Tomorrowland. John was one of two producers on Incredibles 2 and was nominated for an Academy Award. He worked for Pixar for eighteen years and served as Director of Production there in addition to his producing work.
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Pamela Gaye Walker
Pamela is an actor, writer, director for theatre and film and President of Flown the Coop and Ghost Ranch Productions. She recently starred in The Empty Nesters in S.F. and L.A. and she wrote/directed the feature film Shakti’s Retreat. Pamela has performed in numerous off-broadway shows and several films, including Wooly Boys with Peter Fonda, Remember Me with Rita Moreno, and Pixar’s The Incredibles. She directed Trifles, the film, with an all Pixar cast and crew and taught acting at Pixar Animation Studios and Victory Gardens Theatre. Pam adapted the play “Empty Nesters” into a feature film & TV show. She is currently working on the pitch with the hopes she & JW will get their act together for production. You can read more about Pamela at pamelagayewalker.com and emptynestersplay.com.