Luke Lorentzen is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and a graduate of Stanford University's department of Art and Art History. His most recent film, A Still Small Voice, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival where it won the U.S. Documentary Best Director Award. His previous film, Midnight Family, has won over 35 awards from film festivals and organizations around the world including a Special Jury Award for Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival, Best Editing from the International Documentary Association, and the Golden Frog for Best Documentary from Camerimage. Midnight Family was shortlisted for the 2020 Best Documentary Oscar and was a New York Times ‘Critics’ Pick’. Luke’s other work as a director and cinematographer includes the Netflix original series, Last Chance U, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Serialized Sports Documentary in 2020. With Kellen Quinn, Luke is a co-founder of the independent production company Hedgehog Films.
Contact: luke.lorentzen[at]gmail.com
SELECT INTERVIEWS:
Sundance Meet the Artist Video, 2023
Lincoln Center, New Directors/New Films, Q&A, 2019
Sundance, Meet the Artist Video, 2019
NPR, All Things Considered, 2019
Filmmaker Magazine Interview, 2019
RogerEbert.com, Interview with Justine Smith, 2019
Vox, Interview with Alissa Wilkinson, 2019
Sheffield Doc/Fest, Q&A, 2019
Talkhouse, The Craft of Building Trust, 2019
KCRW Radio, Interview, 2019