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Jimmy Chin

Photographer / Film Director / Film Producer | * 10/12/1973 (50) | Mankato, Minnesota (United States of America (USA))
Jimmy Chin (born c. 1973) is an American professional mountain athlete, photographer, skier, film director, and author. Chin has been a professional climber and skier on The North Face Athlete team for over 20 years. In 2006, Chin achieved the first successful American ski descent from the summit of Mount Everest with Kit and Rob DesLauriers. Five years later, Chin, Conrad Anker, and Renan Ozturk captured the first ascent of "Shark's Fin", a granite wall on India's Meru Peak. 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 ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Adventure | Drama

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Jimmy Chin

Ken Burns American Heritage Prize
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Movies with Jimmy Chin as Actor(12)

as himself2023 Wild Life
as himself2021 Torn
as himself2019 Fine Lines
as himself2018 Free Solo
as himself2015 Meru
as himself2012 Reel Rock 7

TV Shows/Series with Jimmy Chin as Actor(3)

Movies with Jimmy Chin as Crew(17)

Directing/Director2023 Wild Life
Camera/Director of Photography2023 Wild Life
Production/Producer2023 Wild Life
Directing/Director2023 NYAD
Directing/Director2022 Return to Space
Production/Producer2022 Return to Space
Directing/Director2021 The Rescue
Production/Producer2021 The Rescue
Production/Executive Producer2021 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
Directing/Director2018 Free Solo 360
Camera/Director of Photography2018 Free Solo
Directing/Director2018 Free Solo
Production/Producer2018 Free Solo
Camera/Director of Photography2015 Meru
Directing/Director2015 Meru
Production/Producer2015 Meru
Directing/Director2012 Reel Rock 7

TV Shows/Series with Jimmy Chin as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2022 Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin

Full Name: Jimmy Jin
Born: Friday, 10/12 1973 (October) in Mankato, Minnesota (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 50 years + 168 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Educated at: Carleton College, Mankato West High School, Wayland Academy, Shattuck-Saint Mary's
Spouses (current/former): Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Other names for Jimmy Chin (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Джимми Чин"
"지미 친"
Jimmy Chin frequently works together with these people:
Conrad Anker (7x, Actor)
Alex Honnold (7x, Actor)
Bob Eisenhardt (6x, Crew)
Cedar Wright (4x, Actor)
Renan Ozturk (4x, Crew)
Caroline Rhea (3x, Actress)
Adam Ondra (3x, Actor)
Mark Rayner (3x, Crew)
Mikey Schaefer (3x, Crew)
Anna Barnes (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:217683, Added: 07/29/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024