Ian Walker (playwright)

Ian Walker is the son of composer George Walker,{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/local/montclair/|title=North Jersey - Montclair|website=North Jersey}} the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music, and music historian Helen Walker-Hill.

Walker is co-founder of the Second Wind Productions,{{cite web|url=http://www.secondwind.8m.com/history/history.htm|title=History of Second Wind Productions|work=8m.com|access-date=2009-06-18|archive-date=2009-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713004141/http://secondwind.8m.com/history/history.htm|url-status=dead}} a San Francisco theatre group, and currently serves as playwright-in-residence there. His 1991 play about Dutch art forger Han van Meegeren was the basis for the film, Forger.{{cite web|url=http://www.empathyfilms.com/title%20page.html|title=title page|work=empathyfilms.com}}

In 2013, he started a media production company, Hurricane Images Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.hurricaneimagesinc.com|title=Company Website}} which produces a wide range of commercial films and videos, including a short documentary of his father, Dr. George Walker,{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/287005771|title=George Walker, Great American Composer|work=Hurricane Images Inc.}} corporate video for non-profits, and music videos with rapper Spice 1{{cite web|url=http://www.hurricaneimagesinc.com/portfolio_page/spice-1-o-wavey-streets-2-the-suites|title=Music video|date=24 July 2019 }} and others.

As a playwright, he is known for his exploration of social and political themes. He describes playwriting as “an attempt to reshape the world. My plays are about trying to get to the moment where people speak the truth. The pursuit of truth in all aspects is wonderfully aggressive and violent." He currently lives in San Francisco.

He received the International Larry Corse Award in 2006 for The Gravedigger's Tango,{{Cite web |url=http://www.larrycorse.com/playwriting.html |title=Larry Corse Playwriting |access-date=2009-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513043747/http://larrycorse.com/playwriting.html |archive-date=2008-05-13 |url-status=dead }} and a John Golden Prize in 2000 for Vigilance.

• The Lullaby Tree (2012)
• The Disappearance of Mary Rosemary (2011)
• The Tender King (2009)
• Meadowland (2008)
• The Gravedigger's Tango (2006)
• Out In Under Over Done (2005/2011)
• A Beautiful Home for the Incurable (2004)
• The Stone Trilogy (2001)
• Ghost in the Light (2000)
• Vigilance (1999)
• Black Lies (1998)

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• [http://www.secondwind.8m.com/ Second Wind Productions website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802025545/http://www.secondwind.8m.com/ |date=2009-08-02 }}
• [http://iwalker.scriptmania.com/ Playwright's website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20111012183135/http://doollee.com/PlaywrightsW/walker-ian.html Ian Walker at Doollee.com]
• [http://www.hurricaneimagesinc.com/ Hurricane Images Inc. website]
• [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10844549/?ref_=tt_cl_dr_1/ IMDB

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