Alton Walpole is an eclectic filmmaker with more than 30 years of
experience as an editor, cinematographer and producer. For the past ten
years he has been working primarily as a Unit Production Manager.
As an editor he translated archetypal and contemporary images into the
cinema experiences of "Koyaanisqatsi" and "Powaqqatsi". In the 1990's
he was the supervising producer of "Baraka" and coordinated the
international travel and location access.
He also was the supervising producer on "Passion in the Desert" working
with leopards and "Hand of Fate", a feature-length documentary about
clairvoyants around the globe.
Alton co-produced the independent feature "The Tao of Steve" with Good
Machine and produced the feature film "Soundman".
His credits as a UPM include "Blind Horizon", "Unspeakable", "Rx", The
Horror Chronicles ("Buried Alive", "Organizm" and "Undead or Alive"),
"Intervention", "Afterwards" and "The Burrowers".
Recently he was the Unit Production Manager on "The Spirit", "Crazy
Heart" and "The Book of Eli".
Alton Walpole is a member of the Directors Guild of America and resides
in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he is the owner of Mountainair Films
Inc.