Kim has been the photographer on many iconic TV shows in addition to her movie credits. Continuing the collaboration - she also shot stills on The Fog, Escape from New York, Christine as well as Halloween II. In 1976, Walker was hired to be the still photographer on a small indie movie that never got released, but then script supervisor Debra Hill, who went on to be the co-writer and producer of John Carpenter’s Halloween, brought her on board to be a part of the team that changed horror history. Her early photography years found her covering concerts for local underground papers, traveling the world and finally returning to Los Angeles to work for a number of magazines including the Music World Magazine where she was the photo editor, and met her husband, Jeff Walker. The following year she transferred to UCLA and graduated with honors in Motion Picture Production. She started her legendary still photography career in the 1960s during her freshman year at UC Berkley, covering the Free Speech Movement. Kim Gottlieb-Walker has had an amazing life. In films, sets explode and actors perform, all for your camera.” “More happens in front of your lens in filmmaking than ever would in journalism. The woman behind the still photos on the set of ‘Halloween’
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