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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.

Personal information

Birthday

1973-10-12

Birth Place

Mankato, Minnesota, USA

Movies and TV shows :

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

2021

7.3

Movie
poster

Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin

2022

6.8

TV
Fine Lines

Fine Lines

2019

5.8

Movie
Free Solo

Free Solo

2018

7.9

Movie
K2: The Impossible Descent

K2: The Impossible Descent

2020

6.5

Movie
La Liste : Everything or Nothing

La Liste : Everything or Nothing

2021

4.0

Movie
poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

5.2

TV
Meru

Meru

2015

7.4

Movie
Queen Maud Land

Queen Maud Land

2018

1.0

Movie
poster

Reel Rock

2010

10.0

TV
Reel Rock 13

Reel Rock 13

2018

8.1

Movie
Reel Rock 7

Reel Rock 7

2012

7.4

Movie
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
The Shark's Fin

The Shark's Fin

2012

10.0

Movie
Torn

Torn

2021

6.9

Movie
Ueli Steck - Speed, Der schnellste Mann am Berg

Ueli Steck - Speed, Der schnellste Mann am Berg

2011

10.0

Movie
Wild Life

Wild Life

2023

7.3

Movie