Jimmy Chin

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.

Acting

Production

2026

The Lake
Movie

Executive Producer

2025

2024

2024

Photographer
Tv

Executive Producer

2023

Angel City
Tv

Executive Producer

2023

2021

2018

2015

Meru
Movie

Producer

Directing

2025

2024

2024

2023

NYAD
Movie

Director

2023

2021

2018

2015

Meru
Movie

Director

2012

Camera

2023

Wild Life
Movie

Director of Photography

2018

Free Solo
Movie

Director of Photography

2015

Meru
Movie

Director of Photography

Visual Effects

1991

Strings
Movie

VFX Artist

Infos

Full Name
Jimmy Chin
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
10/12/1973
Website
http://jimmychin.com
Also Known As

Джимми Чин

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