CHRISTINE KUNEWA WALKER is an award-winning filmmaker and the Principal of New Globe Films and the former CEO and Executive Director of the Provincetown Film Society. Walker is also the founder and former president of Werk Work Works, a feature film finance and production company based in Minneapolis. Walker also founded the Media Summit for Equity and Inclusion in U.S. Entertainment Media , now in it’s eighth year.
After serving in countless capacities in the independent film space, Walker recently directed her first narrative film project which she also wrote titled THE ALI'I KING, based on her experience growing up in the Hawaiian diaspora. The project received support from Pacific Islanders in Communications, PBS, The Provincetown Compact, the Utah Film Commission, and The Ohina Film labs.
Other film credits include; STAY THEN GO, directed by Shelli Ainsworth; DARLING COMPANION (Sony Pictures Classics) directed by Lawrence Kasdan starring Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline; THE TURIN HORSE by Hungarian auteur Bela Tarrl; the Sundance Film Festival premiere film THIN ICE (ATO) directed by Jill Sprecher with Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin and Billy Crudup; HOWL directed by academy award winning directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman starring James Franco, Jon Hamm, and David Straithairn; the Todd Solondz directed LIFE DURING WARTIME. Walker also wrote and produced OLDER THAN AMERICA starring Adam Beach and Bradley Cooper; FACTOTUM starring Matt Dillon, Lily Taylor and Marisa Tomei, and line-produced the academy award nominated AMERICAN SPLENDOR which garnered more than thirty two international awards, among other film projects.
Walker's films have premiered at virtually every major international film festival and have garnered more than 100 awards and recognitions, including individual honors for Excellence in Diversity Filmmaking by the Producer’s Guild of America; the Independent Spirit Award Nomination for Excellence in Producing; the Freedom of Expression Award from the National Board of Review; and the Equity and Inclusion Award at the Stanford Symposium on Equity in the Entertainment Industry. Walker also co-founded The Ash Christian Film Foundation and serves on the board of trustees for the Walker Art Center and The Alturas Institute.
Walker earned her BA in English Literature and MFA in Film Studies from the University of Utah and completed doctoral coursework at the University of Iowa in Film History and Criticism.