Jimmy Chin

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

17

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-10-12 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Mankato, Minnesota, USA

Jimmy Chin

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 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.

Known For

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Meru

    Meru

  • Torn

    Torn

  • Wild Life

    Wild Life

  • Reel Rock 7

    Reel Rock 7

  • Free Solo

    Free Solo

  • Reel Rock

    Reel Rock

  • Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin

    Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin

  • Reel Rock 13

    Reel Rock 13

  • Fine Lines

    Fine Lines

  • 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

    14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

  • K2: The Impossible Descent

    K2: The Impossible Descent

  • La Liste : Everything or Nothing

    La Liste : Everything or Nothing

  • Queen Maud Land

    Queen Maud Land

  • The Shark's Fin

    The Shark's Fin

  • Ueli Steck - Speed, Der schnellste Mann am Berg

    Ueli Steck - Speed, Der schnellste Mann am Berg