Gabriel Lakey

Gabriel Lakey is a documentary filmmaker who spent six years filming Kimball Johnson to create the documentary Pigweed Philosopher: The Untethered Zen of Kimball Johnson (2008). Prior to Pigweed Philosopher, Gabriel was director of photography and editor of the independent feature film, Social Suicide (2003) and editor of the independent feature film, The Racketeers (2003). He received his B.A. in Film Studies from the University of Utah, where he directed and edited the films Ice Cream Man (Documentary, 1999), Parched (1999), The Shoemaker (Documentary, 1999), Annie's Diner & Bingo (Documentary, 2000), The Gift (2001), and Gulls at a Landfill (Experimental Film, 2002). He was an editor of the independent short film The Devil Bought a Used Car (2002) and director of videography of the independent film The Hermit (2003).