1973-10-12 ( 51 years old ) in Mankato, Minnesota, USA
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.
Movies
Wild Life
2023-04-14
Torn
2021-12-03
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
2021-11-12
La Liste : Everything or Nothing
2021-10-31
K2: The Impossible Descent
2020-07-22
Fine Lines
2019-12-06
Queen Maud Land
2018-11-01
Reel Rock 13
2018-11-01
Free Solo
2018-09-28
Meru
2015-01-25
Reel Rock 7
2012-09-13
The Shark's Fin
2012-07-01
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