Jimmy Chin

Academy Award-winning director and producer

Guest

Climber; director, producer and cinematographer on Meru

Jimmy Chin on KCRW

“The Rescue” is a new documentary about the international effort to save a young boys’ soccer team and their coach who were stranded inside a Thailand cave during a monsoon in summer…

‘The Rescue’ dives into the international effort to save 12 Thai boys and their coach in 2018

“The Rescue” is a new documentary about the international effort to save a young boys’ soccer team and their coach who were stranded inside a Thailand cave during a monsoon in summer…

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The film “   Free Solo   ” follows world-class climber Alex Honnold in his quest to do the unimaginable: Climb Yosemite’s 3,200 foot El Capitan without a rope or any other kind of…

The Document: Free Solo

The film “ Free Solo ” follows world-class climber Alex Honnold in his quest to do the unimaginable: Climb Yosemite’s 3,200 foot El Capitan without a rope or any other kind of…

from The Business

Will the cameras kill Alex Honnold on his free solo climb of El Cap?

Free Solo

Will the cameras kill Alex Honnold on his free solo climb of El Cap?

from The Document

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