JIMMY CHIN

Filmmaker.
Photographer.
Climber.
Skier.
Father.
Husband.

Among a few other things...

Jimmy Chin is an Asian American professional mountain athlete, National Geographic photographer, Academy Award-winning film director, and New York Times Best Selling author. In his multiple careers as an athlete, storyteller and artist, he is equally respected for his groundbreaking climbing, mountaineering and skiing achievements as he is for his photography and filmmaking. He currently resides in Jackson, Wyoming, with his wife Chai, his daughter, Marina, and son, James.

TAKING IT FURTHER

Jimmy’s exploits in the mountains have allowed him to work with some of the greatest adventure athletes and explorers of his generation. Some of his most daring feats have earned him widespread acclaim and admiration. In 2006 he achieved the first successful American ski descent from the summit of Mount Everest with Kit and Rob DesLauriers. Five years later, Jimmy, Conrad Anker, and Renan Ozturk captured the coveted first ascent of the notorious Shark’s Fin, a granite wall on India’s Meru Central.

AWARD-WINNER

As an artist, Jimmy’s work documenting extraordinary expeditions and climbs has been featured in numerous publications globally and in 2019, Jimmy was awarded the National Geographic Photographer’s Photographer Award by his peers. Jimmy’s fearless pursuit of conveying extraordinary narratives culminated in the winning of an Oscar for the Best Documentary for ‘Free Solo’ in 2019 with his wife and business partner Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Together they have directed ‘Meru’, ‘The Rescue’ and their first scripted feature, ‘Nyad’.