Peter Mortimer (born January 28, 1974) is an Emmy-winning American filmmaker from

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. He is best known for being the creator of the Reel Rock Film Tour, as well as the director of feature documentaries ''The Alpinist'', '' The Dawn Wall'' and '' Valley Uprising''. He has produced and directed multiple films related to rock climbing, mountaineering, and outdoor adventure under the production group

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 ...

Early life

Mortimer was born in

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

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. He attended

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graduating with honors in geology. He later attended the

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School of Cinema and Television, receiving his MFA in film.

Career

His productions have won numerous film festival awards, two sports Emmys, a news and documentary Emmy, a critics choice award, and been nominated for a PGA Award. Peter is also co-founder, along with Josh Lowell of

Big UP Productions Big UP Productions is an American film production company based in New York City 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 V ...

, of Reel Rock, coming up on in its 17th year and showing in over 450 locations across the world. His newest feature film '' The Alpinist'' (featuring

Marc-André LeClerc Marc-André Leclerc (October 10, 1992 – March 5, 2018) was a Canadian rock climber and alpinist. Known for his solo ascents of numerous mountains in several parts of the world, he completed the first winter solo ascents of the Torre Egger in P ...

) won the prestigious award "Outstanding Long Documentary" at the 2022 Sports Emmys ceremony.

Filmography

* ''Front Range Freaks'' (2003) * ''Return2Sender'' (2005) * ''First Ascent'' (2006) * ''King Lines'' (2007) * ''The Sharp End'' (2008) * ''First Ascent: The Series'' (2010) * ''Reel Rock Film Tour'' (2010) * ''Reel Rock 6'' (2011) * ''Reel Rock 7'' (2012) * ''Reel Rock 8'' (2013) * ''Valley Uprising'' (2014) * ''Reel Rock 10'' (2015) * ''Reel Rock TV Series'' (2015-) * ''Reel Rock 11'' (2016) * ''Reel Rock 12'' (2017) * ''The Dawn Wall'' (2018) * ''Reel Rock 13'' (2018) * ''Reel Rock 14'' (2019) * ''Reel Rock 15'' (2020) * ''The Alpinist'' (2021) * ''Reel Rock 16'' (2022) * ''Reel Rock 17'' (Coming Spring 2023)

Awards and honors

Awards: The Alpinist (2021) *Sports Emmy Award: Long Sports Documentary *Sports Emmy Nomination: Outstanding Camera Work *Critics Choice Award: Best Sports Documentary *Critics Choice Nomination: Best Cinematography The Dawn Wall (2018) *SXSW: Audience Award (Documentary Spotlight) *Greenwich International Film Festival: Best Documentary Feature Valley Uprising (2014) * News and Documentary Emmy: Outstanding Graphic Design & Art Direction First Ascent (2011) * Sports Emmy: Outstanding Camera Work 7 King Lines (2007) *Sports Emmy: Outstanding Camera Work

References

External links

Sender Films

Reel Rock

Big Up Productions
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