Big UP Productions is an American

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company based in

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who are particularly known for work in the area of rock climbing. The company is led by Josh Lowell, and films include titles such as: ''Rampage'' (1999), ''Dosage Volume 1'' (2001), ''Pilgrimage'' (2003), ''Dosage Volume 2'' (2004), ''Dosage Volume 3'' (2005), and ''King Lines'' (2007). Rock climbers profiled in Big UP Production films included leading names such as:

Chris Sharma Chris Omprakash Sharma (born 23 April, 1981) is an American rock climber who is considered one of the greatest and most influential climbers in the history of the sport. He dominated sport climbing for the decade after his 2001 ascent of '' Real ...

Tommy Caldwell Tommy Caldwell (born August 11, 1978) is an American rock climber who has set records in sport climbing, traditional climbing, and in big-wall climbing. Caldwell made the first free ascents of several major routes on El Capitan in Yosemite Natio ...

, and Tim Emmett. In 2006, Big UP Productions and

Sender Films Sender Films is an American film production company based in Boulder, Colorado. Productions include outdoor adventure films, television shows, and commercials. Company Sender Films integrates action with story-telling to create climbin ...

received a

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for "Outstanding Camera Work" for their work filming American climber

's first ascent of

deep-water soloing Deep-water soloing (DWS), also known as psicobloc, is a form of solo rock climbing that relies solely upon the presence of water at the base of a climb to protect against injury from falls from the generally high-difficulty routes. While typica ...

route Es Pontas, in

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; it was part of the climbing film ''King Lines''.

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