
Jimmy Chin
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1973-10-12 (51 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.
Acting
(2023)
Wild Life
as Self
(2021)
(2021)
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
as Himself
(2021)
Torn
as Self
(2020)
(2019)
Fine Lines
as Self
(2018)
Free Solo
as Self
(2018)
(2018)
(2015)
Meru
as Himself
(2012)
Reel Rock 7
as Self
(2012)
(2011)
Crew
In Tandem
Executive Producer
Eruption
Director, Producer
Bartali
Director, Producer
Terminal
Executive Producer
(2024)
Endurance
Director, Producer
(2023)
NYAD
Director
(2023)
Wild Life
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
(2022)
Return to Space
Director, Producer
(2021)
The Rescue
Producer, Director
(2021)
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
Executive Producer
(2018)
What if He Falls?
Director
(2018)
Free Solo
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
(2015)
Meru
Director of Photography, Director, Producer
(2012)
Reel Rock 7
Director
(2012)
The Shark's Fin
Director
(1991)
Strings
VFX Artist