Magnus Walker
Magnus Walker (* 1967 in Sheffield ) is a British fashion designer .
Life
Walker grew up in South Yorkshire and attended Camp America at the American Institute For Foreign Study as an adolescent . On the weekends he moved from Detroit to Los Angeles . He emigrated to the United States in 1986 , where he founded the fashion label Serious Clothing Brand . His fashion was particularly popular with celebrities like Madonna and Alice Cooper . In the late 1990s, Walker acquired a warehouse in LA, which he expanded into a film and television studio, where stars like Bruce Willis , Victoria Beckham , Prince and Jay-Z went in and out.
Walker first gained public fame in 2012 through the short film Urban Outlaw by Tamir Moscovici , which dealt with Walker's passion for the Porsche brand . As a result, he made television appearances, was seen in documentaries and played himself in the computer game Need for Speed . On his 50th birthday, he published his autobiography ; this also attracted attention in the German feature pages , with reviews in Der Spiegel , Die Welt , Focus and Stern, among others .
Filmography (selection)
- 2012: Urban Outlaw (documentary short film)
- 2013: How I Rock It (TV series)
- 2014: I'm Steve McQueen (documentary)
- 2015: The Joe Rogan Experience (TV series)
- 2015: Need for Speed (computer game)
- 2016: Motor City Outlaw (documentary short film)
- 2017: Jay Leno's Garage (TV series)
literature
- 2018: Urban Outlaw: Dirt Don't Slow You Down
Web links
- Magnus Walker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Magnus Walker in the All Movie Guide (English)
- Report on Magnus Walker in the Porsche media portal
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Magnus Walker: chatting to the world's coolest Porsche collector , The Daily Telegraph (English)
- ↑ The Porsche Outlaw , Der Spiegel
- ↑ Porsche is my drug of choice , Die Welt
- ↑ Panorama: At home with Porsche collector Magnus Walker: “I'm not that crazy either,” Focus
- ↑ Magnus Walker: Joko on a joyride with the coolest Porsche collector in the world , Stern
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Walker, Magnus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British fashion designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sheffield , UK |