---
name: "John Walker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-walker"
fi1m_id: "john-walker"
imdb_id: "nm0907869"
tmdb_id: 33340
wikidata_id: "Q6262715"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "21 April 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T00:23:10.375857+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Walker

## Identity

John Walker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-walker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-walker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0907869
- **TMDB ID:** 33340
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6262715
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walker_(film_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6262715, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907869/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33340

Producer. Born 21 April 1956 in Elgin.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 21 April 1956, Elgin
- **Active:** 1999–2018
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 producing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Brad Bird](https://film.one/person/brad-bird.md), [Craig T. Nelson](https://film.one/person/craig-t-nelson.md), [Holly Hunter](https://film.one/person/holly-hunter.md), [Sarah Vowell](https://film.one/person/sarah-vowell.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 88 (1), 2010s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 83 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Animation 3, Family 3, Action 2, Drama 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,898m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walker_(film_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6262715, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907869/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33340

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Incredibles*](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md) (88), [*Incredibles 2*](https://film.one/film/incredibles-2.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Walker is an American film producer and actor. Born on 21 April 1956 in Elgin, Illinois, he graduated from the University of Notre Dame and studied theatre education at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He served as managing director of Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, where he produced over 30 new plays, and is vice president of Ghost Ranch Productions.

Walker is known for his work with director Brad Bird, serving as associate producer on *The Iron Giant* (1999) and *Osmosis Jones* (2001), and as producer on *The Incredibles* (2004) and *Incredibles 2* (2018). He was also executive producer on *Tomorrowland* (2015) and has contributed to numerous Pixar projects in production roles. He is married to Pamela Gaye Walker, with whom he has frequently collaborated in theatre.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Produced (3) — the average rests on these

- *Incredibles 2* (2018), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/incredibles-2.md)
- *The Incredibles* (2004), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md)
- *The Iron Giant* (1999), Fi1m 88, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Finding Dory* (2016), Fi1m 68, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Incredibles 2* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/incredibles-2.md)
- *Cars 3* (2017), Thanks — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/cars-3.md)
- *Finding Dory* (2016), Thanks — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)
- *Brave* (2012), Thanks — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/brave.md)
- *The Incredibles* (2004), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md)
- *Osmosis Jones* (2001), Associate Producer
- *The Iron Giant* (1999), Associate Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md)
- *Show Boat* (1989), Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2019: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Incredibles 2*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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