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Jimmy Chin

Jimmy Chin

Director · Born 1973-10-12 · Mankato, Minnesota, USA

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Biography

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 …

Directed

  1. Free Solo (2018) — Director
  2. Return to Space (2022) — Director
  3. NYAD (2023) — Director
  4. The Rescue (2021) — Director
  5. Meru (2015) — Director
  6. Endurance (2024) — Director
  7. Wild Life (2023) — Director
  8. Lost in the Jungle (2025) — Director
  9. Love+War (2025) — Director
  10. Reel Rock 7 (2012) — Director
  11. Photographer (2024) — Director
  12. The Shark's Fin (2012) — Director
  13. What if He Falls? (2018) — Director
  14. Bartali — Director
  15. Everest: The Other Side (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Free Solo (2018) — Self
  2. 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible (2021) — Himself
  3. Meru (2015) — Himself
  4. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  5. LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) — Self - Guest
  6. Torn (2021) — Self
  7. Wild Life (2023) — Self
  8. Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022) — Self
  9. Fine Lines (2019) — Self
  10. Reel Rock 13 (2018)
  11. Reel Rock 7 (2012) — Self
  12. K2: The Impossible Descent (2020) — Himself
  13. Reel Rock (2010)
  14. La Liste : Everything or Nothing (2021)
  15. Ueli Steck - Speed, Der schnellste Mann am Berg (2011) — Self
  16. Queen Maud Land (2018)
  17. The Shark's Fin (2012)