Alexander Walker (critic)
- Alexander Walker (critic)
Alexander Walker (23 March 1930 - 15 July 2003) was a film critic, born in Portadown, Northern Ireland. He worked for the Birmingham Post in the 1950s, before becoming film critic of the London Evening Standard in 1960, a role he held until his death in 2003. He was a highly influential figure within the film industry, and also wrote a number of books including one on Stanley Kubrick, a history of the impact made on Hollywood by the rise of the talkies ("The Shattered Silents") and a biography of Elizabeth Taylor. His most notable work is a history of British cinema, spread over three books: "Hollywood England", "National Heroes" and "Icons in the Fire".
From the early 1960s onwards he assembled a collection of more than 200 drawings and prints by modern artists, which were bequeathed to the British Museum upon his death in 2003.
He is portrayed by Tim Jahn in a film, "The Tony Blair Witch Project" (2000). [http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/newsroom/current2004/Alexander%20Walker%20press%20release.doc]
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