Directing
Community Rating
5.8
TMDB estimate
Born
January 1, 1993 (age 33)
Luke Lorentzen (born 1993) is an American Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and a graduate of Stanford University's department of Art and Art History. His most recent film, Midnight Family, tells the story of a family-run ambulance business in Mexico City. The film 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. With Kellen Quinn, Luke is a co-founder of Hedgehog Films.
Divers
as Editor
2025
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Midnight Family
as Executive Producer
2024
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A Still Small Voice
as Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer
2023
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Return to Space
as Additional Camera
2022
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The First Wave
as Additional Camera
2021
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Midnight Family
as Sound, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Editor
2019
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Last Chance U
as Director, Producer, Camera Operator
2016
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New York Cuts
as Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
2015
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Santa Cruz del Islote
as Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Director
2014
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