Biography

Keelan Walker is a filmmaker and photographer who lives in Blenheim, New Zealand with his wife and family. In 2019 Keelan released his first feature-length documentary, Tuia 250, for the Tuia celebrations, telling the story of the first contact between Māori in Te Tauihu and Captain Cook. The following year (2020) he released, The Pākohe Trails, which played and several indigenous film festivals around the globe. Keelan's main interest is documentary filmmaking, and he has a passion for telling the indigenous stories of his area through his camera lens. Keelan is of Kurahaupō descent with whakapapa affiliations to Rangitāne o Wairau, Ngāti Kuia and Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō.