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Luke Lorentzen

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Luke Lorentzen

EN, ES cinema · 8 credits

Born

1 January 1993 (age 33)

Luke Lorentzen is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. His last film, A Still Small Voice (2023), follows a chaplain completing a yearlong hospital residency. The film won the U.S. Documentary Best Director Award at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, was listed as one of the 10 best films of the year by the New York Times, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Luke’s previous film, Midnight Family (2019), was also shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, after winning more than 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. In 2024, the film was adapted into a 10-part fictionalized series for Apple TV+. Luke’s other work as a director and cinematographer includes the Netflix original series Last Chance U (2019), which won an Emmy for Outstanding Serialized Sports Documentary. With Kellen Quinn, Luke is a co-founder of the independent production company Hedgehog Films.

Known for

Filmography

Boatbuilders poster

Boatbuilders

EN · 2026Not rated

Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematography

Divers poster

Divers

EN · 2025Not rated

Editor

A Still Small Voice poster

A Still Small Voice

EN · 20233.0

Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer

Return to Space poster

Return to Space

EN · 20226.5

Additional Camera

The First Wave poster

The First Wave

EN · 20216.7

Additional Camera

Midnight Family poster

Midnight Family

ES · 20197.0

Sound, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Editor

New York Cuts poster

New York Cuts

EN · 2015Not rated

Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Director

Santa Cruz del Islote

2014

Santa Cruz del Islote

EN · 2014Not rated

Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Director