Jimmy Chin Bio | Wiki
Jimmy Chin is a well-known American professional mountain athlete, photographer, film director, and author. He has been a professional climber and skier on The North Face Athlete team for over 20 years. He has traveled to seven continents and participated in expeditions around the world. Chin is also an artist and his work documents expeditions and climbs from the Sahara to the Himalayas.
Chin has been featured in publications like National Geographic, Vanity Fair, and Outside magazine among others. Further, he has co-directed the documentary Meru, which won numerous awards including the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival with his wife Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Chin has also creatively directed and directed commercial work for brands including Ford Motor Company, Apple, and Bose.
Jimmy Chin Age
He was born on October 12, 1973, in Mankato, Minnesota, in the United States. Chin is 49 years old.
Jimmy Chin Height
He is a man of average stature. Chin stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx 1.7 m).
Jimmy Chin Family
He was born to his mother and father in Mankato, Minnesota, in the United States. Chin holds an American nationality. He is the son of Frank Chin, born in Wenzhou, and Yen Chin born in Harbin. His parents worked as librarians.
Jimmy Chin Wife
He is happily hitched to his hardworking wife Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi on May 26, 2013. Elizabeth is a 44 years old documentary filmmaker. He worked as a director with her husband in the film Free Solo, which won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The two first met at Lake Tahoe in 2012. The two are parents of two children a daughter Marina and a son James.
Jimmy Chin Education
He received his high school diploma from Wayland Academy. Chin later enrolled at Carleton College and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies.
Jimmy Chin Climber
He became involved in climbing while at Carleton after climbing “dirtbag”, despite his parents’ disapproval. He later borrowed his sleeping climbing partner’s camera to take a photo that they later sold for $500. Chin has participated in exploratory climbing and skiing expeditions to Alaska, Argentina, Baffin Island, Borneo, Chile, and Mali. From 1999 to 2001, he organized several climbing expeditions to Pakistan’s Karakoram Mountains.
Moreover, he joined a National Geographic expedition to make an unsupported crossing of the remote Chang Tang Plateau in Tibet with Galen Rowell, Rick Ridgeway, and Conrad Anker in 2002. He attempted to climb Everest with Stephen Koch in 2003 but they were unsuccessful and both were nearly killed in an avalanche. In May 2004, he climbed Everest with David Breashears and Ed Viesturs while filming for Working Title on a feature film project with Stephen Daldry.
He also achieved the first successful American ski descent of Mount Everest with Kit DesLauriers and Rob DesLauriers in October 2006. Chin joined the Altitude Everest Expedition as a climber and expedition photographer in an attempt to retrace George Mallory and Sandy Irvine’s fateful last journey up the North Face of Everest in May 2007.
Further, he survived a class-4 avalanche in the Grand Tetons, his home mountain range in April 2011. He tried the same climb in 2008 but was forced to turn around 100m from the summit, and his film of the climb, Meru, was released in theaters in 2015. Chin, Anker, Jim Morrison, and Hilaree Nelson climbed and skied Mount Vinson in 2020. In addition, they went on to attempt to climb and ski the French Route on Mount Tyree, the second-highest peak in Antarctica but turned around due to high avalanche danger.
Jimmy Chin The Rescue | New Movie
He also released the 2021 documentary, The Rescue, which chronicles the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue along with his wife Elizabeth. The Rescue premiered in select theaters in October 2021 and won the People’s Choice Documentary Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Jimmy Chin Book | There and Back
He has authored his book There and Back. In his book, he tells the story of his remarkable life through a selection of breathtaking photos accompanied by passages of insightful text. The book is available in Hardcover at $44.99 and eBook at $13.99.
Jimmy Chin Meru
Chin collaborated with his wife Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi to produce and direct the feature-length documentary Meru, about his 2011 climb. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, winning the US Audience Documentary Award. Chin claimed along with Conrad Anker and Renan Ozturk.
Jimmy Chin Film | Movies
He began filming in 2003 under the mentorship of Rick Ridgeway. Later, he worked with David Breashears, shooting Ed Viesturs climbing to the summit of Mount Everest. He began the commercial production company Camp 4 Collective with Tim Kemple and Renan Ozturk in 2010. Further, he collaborated with his wife Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi to produce and direct the feature-length documentary Meru, about his 2011 climb.
The film received the US Audience Documentary Award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Moreover, he produced and directed the feature-length documentary Free Solo with his wife. The film won the People’s Choice Award: Documentaries at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, the 2018 BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, and the 2018 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. In addition, he also released the 2021 documentary, The Rescue, which chronicles the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue.
Jimmy Chin Net Worth
Through his career as a professional mountain athlete, photographer, film director, and author he has attained decent fortune. Chin’s net worth is $2 Million.
How Old Is Jimmy Chin
Chin is 49 years old born on October 12, 1973, in Mankato, Minnesota, in the United States.
Who Is Jimmy Chin
Chin is a well-known American professional mountain athlete, photographer, film director, and author. He has been a professional climber and skier on The North Face Athlete team for over 20 years. He has traveled to seven continents and participated in expeditions around the world. Chin is also an artist and his work documents expeditions and climbs from the Sahara to the Himalayas.
Is Jimmy Chin Married
He is happily hitched to his hardworking wife Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi on May 26, 2013. Elizabeth is a 44 years old documentary filmmaker. He worked as a director with her husband in the film Free Solo.
Chin’s Social Media Account
Twitter – @jimkchin
Instagram – jimmychin