Molly Manning Walker

Molly Manning Walker (born 14 September 1993) is a British cinematographer and director, based in London. Her debut feature film How to Have Sex (2023) won the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI at the 36th European Film Awards. In 2024, she earned two nominations at the 77th British Academy Film Awards for How to Have Sex, including Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.

Molly Manning Walker
Born	Molly Andi Amy Manning-Walker (1993-09-14) 14 September 1993 (age 31)
Alma mater	Arts University Bournemouth (BA) National Film and Television School (MA)
Years active	2012–present
Family	Charlie Manning-Walker (brother)

Early life and education

Manning Walker was born in the West London Borough of Ealing, the daughter of theatre and film creatives Andy Walker and Lesley Manning. Her older brother Charlie Manning-Walker is a member of the band Chubby and the Gang.^[1]

Manning Walker attended Elthorne Park High School^[2] and St Augustine's Priory.^[3][4] She was interested in photography in school and invited to photograph an Occupy London event, which Manning Walker turned into a documentary.^[5] She went on to study Cinematography at Arts University Bournemouth, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 2015, and the National Film and Television School, graduating with a Master of Arts (MA) in 2018.^[6]

Career

Her debut feature, How to Have Sex, was developed with Film4. She is represented for directing by Independent Talent. She also was the DP on Charlotte Regan's debut feature Scrapper.^[7]

Personal life

Manning Walker co-founded the Sunday league football team Babes City FC.^[8]

Filmography

Year	Title	Cinematographer	Writer	Director
2012	Out of Tune (Short)	Yes	No	No
2015	More Hate Than Fear (Short)	Yes	Yes	No
2015	Khadejah (Short)	Yes	No	No
2016	The Worlds My Oyster (Documentary short)	Yes	No	Yes
2016	Softly Softly Catchy Monkey (Short)	Yes	No	No
2017	Lead (Short)	Yes	No	No
2017	Kwaye: Little Ones (Video short) (director of photography)	Yes	No	No
2017	Cabin Pressure (Short)	Yes	No	No
2017	Shrink (Short)	Yes	No	No
2017	City Mirrors: Random Acts - Big Dance (Short)	Yes	No	No
2018	Reach (Short)	Yes	No	No
2018	Tom Walker: My Way (Video short)	Yes	No	No
2018	A$AP Rocky: Sundress (Video short)	Yes	No	No
2018	Uneatable (Short)	Yes	No	No
2019	My Mother (Short)	Yes	No	No
2019	La Entrevista (Short)	Yes	No	No
2019	Seven (Short)	Yes	No	No
2019	Deep Clean (Short)	Yes	No	No
2019	City of Children (Documentary short)	Yes	No	No
2019	One Liner (Short)	Yes	No	No
2019	James Blake: Can't Believe the Way We Flow (Short)	Yes	No	No
2019	November 1st (Short)	Yes	No	No
2019	Pompeii (Short)	Yes	No	No
2019	Our Sister (Short)	Yes	No	No
2019	Absent (Short)	Yes	No	No
2020	645AR: Sum Bout U ft. FKA Twigs (Video short)	Yes	No	No
2020	The Forgotten C (Short)	Yes	Yes	Yes
2020	Acrimonious (Short)	Yes	No	No
2020	Good Thanks, You? (short)	No	Yes	Yes
2023	Scrapper	Yes	No	No
2023	How to Have Sex	No	Yes	Yes

Awards

Her 2020 short film Good Thanks, You? was selected at the Critics' Week in Cannes.^[9] Her grad film November 1st took Bronze at the Student Academy Awards,^[10] and Manning-Walker was nominated at Camerimage in 2019.^[11] Her debut feature film How to Have Sex (2023) won the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI at the 36th European Film Awards.^[12]

In 2024, she received two nominations at the 77th British Academy Film Awards for How to Have Sex, including Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.^[13]