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Luke Lorentzen

Born January 1, 1993 (age 33)

Luke Lorentzen is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. His last film, A Still Small Voice (2023), follows a chaplain completing a yearlong hospital residency. The film won the U.S. Documentary Best Director Award at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, was listed as one of the 10 best films of the year by the New York Times, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Featur…

Known For

Return to SpaceReturn to Space · 2022
Return to Space
★ 6.52022
MovieDocumentary
The inspirational rise of SpaceX as well as Elon Musk's two-decade effort to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions.
BoatbuildersBoatbuilders · 2026
Boatbuilders
2026
MovieDocumentary
Over the course of 16 months, at the head of a remote harbor in Maine, the workers of the Brooklin Boat Yard meticulously build a 56-foot wooden sailboat. As the seasons change and the vessel takes shape, director Luke Lorentzen immerses the viewer in a close-knit community rooted in time-honored craft, shared joys, and mutual respect.
Midnight FamilyMidnight Family · 2019
Midnight Family
★ 7.02019
MovieDocumentary
In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a for-profit ambulance, competing with other unlicensed EMTs for patients in need of urgent care. In this cutthroat industry, they struggle to keep their financial needs from compromising the people in their care.
The First WaveThe First Wave · 2021
The First Wave
★ 6.72021
MovieDocumentaryHistory
When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems. The resulting film focuses on the doctors, nurses, and patients on the frontlines during the “first wave” from March to June 2020. Their distinct storylines each serve as a microcosm to understand how the city persevered through the worst pandemic in a century
A Still Small VoiceA Still Small Voice · 2023
A Still Small Voice
★ 3.02023
MovieDocumentary
An aspiring hospital chaplain begins a yearlong residency in spiritual care, only to discover that to successfully tend to her patients, she must look deep within herself.
DiversDivers · 2025
Divers
2025
MovieDocumentary
An elite group of athletes gathers under one of the world’s tallest permanent diving platforms.
New York CutsNew York Cuts · 2015
New York Cuts
2015
MovieDocumentary
New York Cuts explores six barbershops and hair salons throughout the cultural enclaves of New York City. Touching on themes of ethnicity, class, and community, conversations between barbers and clients are observed and intertwined in this portrait of urban multiculturalism.
Midnight FamilyMidnight Family · 2024
Midnight Family
★ 7.62024
SeriesDrama
Marigaby is a medical student by day—and by night, she saves lives with her family in Mexico City's high-stakes business of private ambulances. As pressure from both worlds threatens to drag her down, Marigaby will do whatever it takes to stay afloat.

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