Jimmy Chin is a photographer, filmmaker, and mountain sports athlete known for his ability to capture extraordinary imagery while climbing and skiing in high-risk environments. With his wife Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, he directed the films Meru (2015), which won the coveted Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, and Free Solo (2018), which one the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. As a mountaineer, he has both submitted and skied down from Everest. Chin has garnered numerous photography awards from Photo District News (PDN), Communication Arts, the American Society of Magazine Editors, and others. Jimmy’s photos have appeared on the cover of National Geographic and The New York Times Magazine, among others. His most recent film is The Rescue (2020), which chronicles the 2018 rescue of a youth football team from Tham Luang cave in Thailand.