Canadian filmmaker John Walker was sixteen when he faced an enviable career crossroads: either play drums with his Montreal band as the opening act for Frank Zappa in California, or start a job in a movie studio that same week. An avid photographer, Walker took the film job that summer in 1969. He gave up his drumsticks until and didn\'t touch them again until 2008.Recalls John Walker:
\"I didn\'t tell anybody that I\'d been a drummer and finally in the last day in a jam session, the students ... brought up the sticks and I had to play. And I was intimidated like, beyond belief, with these world\'s greatest masters. But when I played, it was like I slipped into this zone and it was like I couldn\'t believe how easy it was, and I finally realized: once a drummer, always a drummer.\"
John Walker began his career as a photographer in Montreal. In 1975 he turned to cinematography and filmmaking. He has won many awards for his producing, directing and cinematography with credits on over sixty films. His films have received international acclaim, have been widely broadcast and have appeared at the major international film festivals in Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin and London.
