Directing
45
Man
Oct 12, 1973 (50)
Mankato, Minnesota, USA
Jimmy Chin
Jimmy Chin (born October 12, 1973) is an American professional climber, mountaineer, skier, director and photographer. He has organized and led numerous climbing, ski-mountaineering and exploratory expeditions to China, Pakistan, Nepal, Tanzania, Chad, Mali, South Africa, Borneo, India and Argentina. His achievements include climbing and skiing Mount Everest from the summit, making first ascents of big walls and alpine towers in the Karakoram Mountains of Pakistan and the Garwhal Himalayas of Northern India, crossing the Chang Tang Plateau in north-western Tibet on foot. Chin's work documenting expeditions and climbs has been featured in numerous publications, including National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Outside magazine and others. In 2019, Chin was awarded the National Geographic "Photographer's Photographer Award" by his peers. His first book of photography documenting his career in the mountains, There and Back, became a New York Times Best Seller in 2021. Chin co-directs with his wife Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Together they directed the documentary Meru, which won numerous awards including the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and was shortlisted for an Academy Award, and Free Solo, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, a BAFTA and seven Primetime Emmys. Free Solo had the highest-grossing opening weekend in history for a documentary.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Wild Life | Self |
| 2022 | Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin | Self |
| 2021 | 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible | Himself |
| 2021 | Torn | Self |
| 2021 | La Liste : Everything or Nothing | |
| 2020 | K2: The Impossible Descent | |
| 2019 | Fine Lines | Self |
| 2018 | Free Solo | Self |
| 2018 | Reel Rock 13 | |
| 2018 | Queen Maud Land | |
| 2015 | Meru | Himself |
| 2012 | Reel Rock 7 | Self |
| 2012 | The Shark's Fin | |
| 2011 | Ueli Steck - Speed, Der schnellste Mann am Berg | Self |
| 2010 | Reel Rock | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| — | Into The Unknown | Creator |
| — | Eruption | Producer |
| — | Eruption | Director |
| — | In Tandem | Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Photographer | Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Photographer | Director |
| 2024 | Endurance | Director |
| 2023 | NYAD | Director |
| 2023 | Wild Life | Director |
| 2023 | Wild Life | Producer |
| 2023 | Wild Life | Director of Photography |
| 2023 | Angel City | Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Return to Space | Director |
| 2022 | Return to Space | Producer |
| 2022 | Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin | Executive Producer |
| 2021 | 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible | Executive Producer |
| 2021 | The Rescue | Producer |
| 2021 | The Rescue | Director |
| 2018 | Free Solo | Director |
| 2018 | Free Solo | Producer |
| 2018 | Free Solo | Director of Photography |
| 2018 | What if He Falls? | Director |
| 2015 | Meru | Director of Photography |
| 2015 | Meru | Director |
| 2015 | Meru | Producer |
| 2012 | Reel Rock 7 | Director |
| 2012 | The Shark's Fin | Director |
| 1991 | Strings | VFX Artist |